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Hexagenia limbata? - Hexagenia
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Hexagenia limbata? - Hexagenia
Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas, USA
June 26, 2016
Contributed by thackler on 21 May, 2021 - 7:02pm

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 21 May, 2021 - 7:54pm

Hexagenia
Hi thackler-

I believe this female imago to be either Hexagenia limbata or Hexagenia rigida, both if which are present in Arkansas, and require microscopic examination of the male penes in order to differentiate from one another.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 21 May, 2021 - 7:53pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 May, 2021 - 7:20pm

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