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Mayfly - Hexagenia
Copyright © 2004 Troy Bartlett

Mayfly - Hexagenia
Elachee Nature Center, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA
May 25, 2001
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:33pm
Last updated 24 July, 2008 - 10:52pm

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… John R. Maxwell, 24 July, 2008 - 10:52pm

Hex
This is a male Hexagenia imago.
… Lloyd Gonzales, 20 May, 2008 - 5:07pm

Possibly Hexagenia?
Troy, see comments under:



and image linked from there. Looking at the illustrations, it looks like freshly emerged individuals (subimagos?, e.g., your photo?) of this genus are a golden-brown. I think full imagos may be much darker, e.g., my photo. A hypothesis.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 24 March, 2005 - 5:10am

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