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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Furcatergalia » Scapphodonta » Ephemeroidea » Common Burrower Mayflies (Ephemeridae) » Hexagenia » Hexagenia limbata
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Hexagenia limbata - female
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Hexagenia limbata - Female
Dunnellon, Marion County, Florida, USA
July 28, 2018
Common in hotel parking lot at night.
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Contributed by metrioptera on 13 August, 2018 - 5:12pm
Last updated 15 August, 2018 - 9:49am

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 14 August, 2018 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

Hexagenia limbata
Hi Brandon-

I believe this female imago to be Hexagenia limbata.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 14 August, 2018 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Roger, how do you separate
Hi Roger, how do you separate them from H. orlando? The Mayflies of Florida says the hind wings differ, but I don't find this consistent with BG.
… Arturo Santos, 12 May, 2019 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

 
Differentiation from Hexagenia orlando
Hi Arturo-

Hexagenia orlando is described (in The Biology Of Mayflies by Needham, Traver, and Hsu) as having a few small dark spots in the disc of the hind wing. I can definitely see them in the image assigned to Hexagenia orlando, but can't be as certain in this image.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 12 May, 2019 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

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