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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Furcatergalia » Scapphodonta » Ephemeroidea » Common Burrower Mayflies (Ephemeridae) » Hexagenia » Hexagenia bilineata
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Flying Insect - Hexagenia bilineata
Copyright © 2017 AELPatton

Flying Insect - Hexagenia bilineata
Huntsville , Madison County, Alabama, USA
June 1, 2017
This insect landed on my breakfast bowl rather clumsily. I was able to move it with my spoon to our grassy backyard before it took off with a gust of wind.
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Contributed by AELPatton on 1 June, 2017 - 10:56am
Last updated 1 June, 2017 - 10:39pm

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… Roger Rohrbeck, 1 June, 2017 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

Hexagenia bilineata
Hi AELPatton-

I believe this female imago to be Hexagenia bilineata.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 1 June, 2017 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Is that a Mayfly? We don't li
Is that a Mayfly? We don't live near water...
… AELPatton, 2 June, 2017 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

 
We don't live near water...
I suspect you may live nearer to a stillwater (reservoir, lake, or pond) than you may suspect, as mayflies don't fly far (as winged adults) from the water where they spent nearly a full year maturing as a nymph.

Of course, another possibility could be a severe wind event in the last few days, which blew this mayfly more distant from its nymphal habitat.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 2 June, 2017 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

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