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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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Mayfly - Hexagenia - female
Copyright © 2019 Murray Sullivan

Mayfly - Hexagenia - Female
Shirley’s Bay area, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada
August 3, 2019
Size: Approx. 1 1/2 inches
About half kilometre from the bay
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Contributed by Beverley Scott on 6 August, 2019 - 12:12pm
Last updated 7 August, 2019 - 2:17pm

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Thanks
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… Beverley Scott, 8 August, 2019 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

Hexagenia
Hi Beverley-

I believe this female subimago to be of genus Hexagenia.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 7 August, 2019 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

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