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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Furcatergalia » Scapphodonta » Ephemeroidea » Common Burrower Mayflies (Ephemeridae) » Hexagenia
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Lake Erie Mayfly - Hexagenia
Copyright © 2018 Chia

Lake Erie Mayfly - Hexagenia
Lake County, Ohio, USA
June 25, 2016
These emerge in mass every year along Lake Erie
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Contributed by Chia on 3 February, 2018 - 7:07pm
Last updated 3 February, 2018 - 9:09pm

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… Roger Rohrbeck, 3 February, 2018 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

Hexagenia
Hi Chia-

I believe this male imago to be of genus Hexagenia.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 3 February, 2018 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Hexagenia
Thank you for your help. I have found that H. limbata is the most common mayfly in Lake Erie but there are also H. rigida present. H. limbata is large compared to H. bilineata. So is H. rigida smaller like H. bilineata?
… Chia, 4 February, 2018 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

 
Min/Max Imago Body Lengths
Hexagenia atrocaudata ~23 - ~35 mm.
Hexagenia bilineata ~15 - ~26 mm.
Hexagenia limbata ~17 - ~37 mm.
Hexagenia rigida ~18 - ~28 mm.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 4 February, 2018 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

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