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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Furcatergalia » Scapphodonta » Ephemeroidea » Common Burrower Mayflies (Ephemeridae) » Hexagenia » Hexagenia limbata
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Unknown Flying Insect - Hexagenia limbata
Copyright © 2013 cmontroy

Unknown Flying Insect - Hexagenia limbata
Harleyville/Beidler Forest, South Carolina, USA
April 26, 2013
Curious what this is..thanks, Chris
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Contributed by cmontroy on 29 April, 2013 - 8:40pm
Last updated 30 April, 2013 - 8:32pm

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 30 April, 2013 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

Another photo of it?
Hi Chris-

Winged mayflies are extremely difficult to identify from dorsal view. Do you have another photo of it from a different angle?
… Roger Rohrbeck, 30 April, 2013 - 1:05am login or register to post comments

 
I wish I did, but that's the
I wish I did, but that's the only one I got off before he flew away
… cmontroy, 30 April, 2013 - 7:05am login or register to post comments

 
Hexagenia limbaba
Hi Chris-

Not a problem. I posted your photo on my Flyfishing Entomology Forum, and my good friend and fellow (aquatic entomology & taxonomy) enthusiast, Kurt Schirmer, not only confirmed my suspicion regarding ID, but also dug up a post, which had been made years earlier containing some interesting discussion of color variability in this species.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 30 April, 2013 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Mayfly of some kind. Others should be able to tell you more.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 April, 2013 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

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