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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Pisciforma » Small Minnow Mayflies (Baetidae) » Callibaetis » Callibaetis fluctuans
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Bug eyes - Callibaetis fluctuans
Copyright © 2016 Les

Bug eyes - Callibaetis fluctuans
Chesterfield, St Luois County, Missouri, USA
April 23, 2016
Size: Approx 1/2 inch
A few more smaller ones were found in a dark area of the porch. THis was beside the garage. I first thought it was a mosquito till I saw the wings and no visible mouth parts.
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Contributed by Les on 23 April, 2016 - 10:27am
Last updated 23 April, 2016 - 4:04pm

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 23 April, 2016 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

Callibaetis fluctuans
Hi Les-

I believe this male imago to be of genus Callibaetis, probably Callibaetis fluctuans.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 23 April, 2016 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you. The mayflies I've
Thank you. The mayflies I've noticed before we're many times larger than these little things.
… Les, 23 April, 2016 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

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… metrioptera, 23 April, 2016 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

Mayfly
A mayfly in family Baetidae. Males have those eyes. Females are more normal.
… John F. Carr, 23 April, 2016 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

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