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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Furcatergalia » Pannota » Ephemerelloidea » Spiny Crawler Mayflies (Ephemerellidae) » Ephemerella » Ephemerella excrucians
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Ephemerellidae - Ephemerella excrucians - male
Copyright © 2018 Gary Williams

Ephemerellidae - Ephemerella excrucians - Male
Reliance, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
October 8, 2018
Size: 5mm
Appears to ID down to couplet 9 in Ephemerellidae Genera (Ephemeroptera) - Jacobus and McCafferty 2008 but beyond that not certain.

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Contributed by Gary Williams on 9 October, 2018 - 6:04pm
Last updated 10 October, 2018 - 1:42am

Hi Roger, Is there anythin
Hi Roger,

Is there anything significant about the spike on top and at the front of the mesothorax? Thanks again.
… Gary Williams, 17 October, 2018 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

 
No
Not really, it is fairly common with Ephemerella.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 21 October, 2018 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
Thank you.
… Gary Williams, 21 October, 2018 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 10 October, 2018 - 1:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 October, 2018 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

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