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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Furcatergalia » Scapphodonta » Ephemeroidea » Common Burrower Mayflies (Ephemeridae) » Ephemera
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common burrower mayfly husk - Ephemera - male
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common burrower mayfly husk - Ephemera - Male
Alexandria, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
July 24, 2017
Size: 15 mm forewing
Genus ID based on wing venation shown on Fig. 11.103 on pg. 145 of Merritt and Cummins, 1996. Apparently dropped by spider onto woodpile, back porch 679 West Shore Road. Larger image.

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common burrower mayfly husk - Ephemera - male common burrower mayfly husk - Ephemera - male
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Contributed by ophis on 22 October, 2017 - 4:07am

Hexagenia
This is Hexagenia sp.
… Joe Girgente, 22 August, 2022 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

species?
All US Ephemera imagos in BugGuide have wings with dark markings, but perhaps these markings lost after death.
… ophis, 22 October, 2017 - 4:09am login or register to post comments

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