Species Hexagenia limbata

Classification · Identification

Hexagenia limbata??? - Hexagenia limbata

Mayfly 2 (Hexagenia limbata?) - Hexagenia limbata - female

DSCF1128GIRO - Hexagenia limbata - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

Family Ephemeridae (Common Burrower Mayflies)

Genus Hexagenia

Species limbata (Hexagenia limbata)

Identification

For male vs. female see comments on this image:

"Male imagos are darker than the females and the front legs are dark. [Male] eyes are also two-tone and much larger than the female. Wing veins are darker. Some say the dark is actually purple. The two yellow tails are shorter than the female's tails."

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 19 May, 2006 - 6:34pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason
Last updated 20 July, 2008 - 2:07pm

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