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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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Hexagenia limbata ? subimago ? - Hexagenia limbata
Copyright © 2016 dvoribird

Hexagenia limbata ? subimago ? - Hexagenia limbata
Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, USA
May 28, 2016
Can you tell if that is the exoskeleton? Is this subimago stage? Male or female?

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Contributed by dvoribird on 29 May, 2016 - 6:57pm
Last updated 29 May, 2016 - 10:56pm

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 29 May, 2016 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

Hexagenia limbata
Hi dvoribird-

Yes, I believe this female subimago to be Hexagenia limbata.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 29 May, 2016 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 May, 2016 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

Can't help with any of your questions,
but those are beautiful photos!
… Michael Hughes, 29 May, 2016 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Michael. I had se
Thank you, Michael. I had seen a mayfly only once before: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1216028
… dvoribird, 29 May, 2016 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

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