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Isonychia sicca
Photo#328386
Copyright © 2009
Neal Ratzlaff
Mayfly (? species) -
Isonychia sicca
Neale Woods near Omaha, NE, Washington County, Nebraska, USA
August 19, 2009
Size: ?? 1 inch
Contributed by
Neal Ratzlaff
on 3 September, 2009 - 3:11pm
Last updated 24 October, 2009 - 5:56pm
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v belov
, 24 October, 2009 - 5:56pm
Isonychiidae
This is a female
Isonychia
subimago, probably
I. sicca
.
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Lloyd Gonzales
, 3 September, 2009 - 10:07pm
Mayfly
I've done a lot of work with plants, but insects are pretty new and quite challenging for me. I really appreciate your reply and ID comments very much.
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Neal Ratzlaff
, 4 September, 2009 - 12:39pm
My pleasure, Neal
Isonychia
species are favorites of mine. The pisciform nymphs are the speedsters of the mayfly world, darting about like swift little minnows. They also display an interesting flexibility in their manner of emergence, either emerging at the water's surface in more typical mayfly fashion or crawling out onto streamside rocks to emerge in the manner of most stoneflies. When they crawl out, a heavy emergence will leave tidy little rows of the dark shucks of the nymphs on rocks along the water's edge.
Presently, three
Isonychia
species seem to be recorded for Nebraska:
sicca
,
rufa
, and
bicolor
. The wings of
sicca
often have the heavy, dark crossveins seen in your specimen.
I. sicca
has been found from Minnesota south into Central America.
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Lloyd Gonzales
, 4 September, 2009 - 1:36pm
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