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Cool orange mayfly
Copyright © 2018 Ken Schneider

Cool orange mayfly
Modoc National Forest, FR-64 at FR-38N22, Lassen County, California, USA
July 13, 2018
Size: ca 10 mm

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 13 July, 2018 - 9:21pm
Last updated 13 July, 2018 - 10:34pm

Epeorus
I can't species it out without wings but the dark black spots in the middle of each femora gives us a genus level of Epeorus. i am looking at samples this has dorsal tergite marking like E fragalis. Maybe Roger can take it further.
… The Stenonema Rangers of Ontario, 29 February, 2020 - 1:41am

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 13 July, 2018 - 10:34pm

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