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Big mayfly - Hexagenia limbata

Big mayfly - Hexagenia limbata
North Davy Crockett National Forest, Houston County, Texas, USA
June 17, 2010
Size: 1/2-1 inch
A large mayfly found next to a small temporary pond in dense second growth woodlands.

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Hexagenia
Ben-

This is a Hexagenia female imago, probably H. limbata.

 
Thanks Roger
We find larvae of these guys in one of our ponds then. But not near here. There is a stream nearby though which is probably the source.

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