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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Pisciforma » Small Minnow Mayflies (Baetidae) » Callibaetis » Callibaetis ferrugineus
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Callibaetis ferrugineus - female
Copyright © 2015 Al Popil

Callibaetis ferrugineus - Female
St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
June 2, 2015
Size: 11mm
Callibaetis ferrugineus. Just confirming. Next image has some kind of orange thing near left front leg. Thanx. Al.

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Contributed by Al Popil on 2 June, 2015 - 9:54pm
Last updated 3 June, 2015 - 3:25pm

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… Roger Rohrbeck, 3 June, 2015 - 5:28am login or register to post comments

Callibaetis ferrugineus
Hi Al-

My goodness, what stunning photographic images you take! Yes, I share your belief that this female subimago is Callibaetis ferrugineus. As to the "orange thing near left front leg", I believe it to be a parasite, which appears to have attached itself both fore and aft, with its body is hanging from the attachment points, hammock-like.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 3 June, 2015 - 5:26am login or register to post comments

 
Thanx
Hi, Roger. Thank you for the compliment. An entomologist sent me an e-mail earlier today, "Yes, it is indeed a water mite larva (Prostigmata: Parasitenonga: Hydrachnidiae), but I can't tell what family. It looks rather desiccated and is probably dead. Al, based on the cloudy wings I assume this mayfly is a subimago rather than an imago?".
… Al Popil, 3 June, 2015 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

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