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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Pisciforma » Heptagenioidea » Flatheaded Mayflies (Heptageniidae) » Rhithrogena » Rhithrogena impersonata
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mayfly larva - Rhithrogena impersonata
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

mayfly larva - Rhithrogena impersonata
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
March 24, 2009
Size: ~5mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 26 March, 2009 - 7:24am
Last updated 26 March, 2009 - 11:17pm

Moved
Moved from Rhithrogena.
… tom murray, 26 March, 2009 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Lloyd
I'll have to go back in a month or two and get more mature larvae.
… tom murray, 26 March, 2009 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

Probably...
an immature Rhithrogena (possibly impersonata), based on the three tails and the enlarged gills. Due to their transparency I had a hard time making out the outline of the gills at first, but the edges can be seen in the lower right of the photo.
… Lloyd Gonzales, 26 March, 2009 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

 
Based
on the markings of the forefemora, and the fact that I have picked this one up also in the past month in northern NH, I would agree with R. impersonata.
… Donald S. Chandler, 26 March, 2009 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

heptageniid
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… v belov, 26 March, 2009 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

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