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Mayfly - Caenis - female
Copyright © 2006 Sean McCann

Mayfly - Caenis - Female
Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
June 1, 2006
Size: 3mm w/o cerci
Not sure if this is adult or subimago. Looks a little soft...
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Contributed by Sean McCann on 1 June, 2006 - 9:38pm
Last updated 2 June, 2006 - 10:25am

Caenis
Sean-

Exceptionally nice photo. That would be a Caenis female imago with a missing cerci. However, it would be more likely to be somewhat shorter than 5 mm.

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… Roger Rohrbeck, 2 June, 2006 - 2:01am login or register to post comments

 
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You are right. It was more like 3mm.
-Sean McCann


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