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mayfly - Hexagenia
Copyright © 2014 Phillip Harpootlian

mayfly - Hexagenia
VCU Rice Center, Charles City County, Virginia, USA
June 6, 2014
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Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 11 June, 2014 - 6:51pm
Last updated 12 June, 2014 - 12:36am

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 12 June, 2014 - 12:36am

Hexagenia
Hi Phillip-

That appears to be an exceptionally pale one, but I suspect the color may have been largely washed out by your flash. In any event, I believe it to be a female subimago of genus Hexagenia.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 12 June, 2014 - 12:32am

 
thanks
It was actually about that pale in real life - freshly emerged?
… Phillip Harpootlian, 12 June, 2014 - 7:50am

 
freshly emerged?
Probably so.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 12 June, 2014 - 9:57am

Hexagenia
Hi Phillip-
… Roger Rohrbeck, 12 June, 2014 - 12:19am

Moved for expert attention.
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 June, 2014 - 8:16pm

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