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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Pisciforma » Heptagenioidea » Brushlegged Mayflies (Isonychiidae) » Isonychia
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Mayfly & egg mass? - Isonychia
Copyright © 2007 Gary Kessler

Mayfly & egg mass? - Isonychia
Angelica, Allegany County, New York, USA
August 6, 2007
I presume this is a mayfly and egg mass? Is it normal for this bug to carry it's eggs like this?

Gary
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Contributed by Gary Kessler on 11 August, 2007 - 6:10am
Last updated 29 August, 2007 - 6:09pm

Isonychia egg mass
Gary-

You presume correctly. Your photo would appear to be of an Isonychia female imago, which would customarily deposit her eggs while in flight by repeated dipping her abdomen to contact the water's surface.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 11 August, 2007 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Isonychia egg mass
Roger,
Thank you very much for info regarding this gal and allowing me to learn something new. Hopefully she made it to water to deposit her eggs.

Thanks,
Gary
… Gary Kessler, 12 August, 2007 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

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