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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Pisciforma » Small Minnow Mayflies (Baetidae) » Callibaetis
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Mayfly larva and sub-imago immediately after emergence - Callibaetis
Copyright © 2009 Catfish

Mayfly larva and sub-imago immediately after emergence - Callibaetis
Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
June 5, 2009
Size: 9.5 mm (excl tail)
I believe this mayfly larva is a Baetidae of genus Baetis. Collected from sump hole/borrow pit. This larva was an excellent swimmer. It would dart rapidly from place to place when provoked, after which it would fan its gills rapidly.

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Contributed by Catfish on 5 June, 2009 - 4:49pm
Last updated 14 June, 2009 - 2:00am

Callibaetis ferrugineus ferrugineus
Wonderful photos. I believe your mayfly to be a Callibaetis ferrugineus ferrugineus female, notwithstanding the shorter middle tail on the nymph (probably resulting from earlier instar damage), and the lack of characteristic broad white venation on the subimago fore wings (perhaps owing to lack of aging).
… Roger Rohrbeck, 6 June, 2009 - 2:17am login or register to post comments

 
Callibaetis, but...
I rather doubt that this is ferrugineus. When present, the preapical band on the tails of the ferrugineus nymph is usually quite faint, and the wings of the subimago/imago have numerous crossveins (often 35-50 or more, including a posterior row near the wing margin). If it is still possible, photos of the imago may help to further resolve the ID, but my tentative guess is that this might be C. fluctuans.
… Lloyd Gonzales, 6 June, 2009 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

 
I have uploaded a more detail
I have uploaded a more detailed shot of the wing. -- Dave
… Catfish, 6 June, 2009 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

 
Cool
Thanks Roger! -- Dave
… Catfish, 6 June, 2009 - 4:32am login or register to post comments

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