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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Furcatergalia » Scapphodonta » Ephemeroidea » Common Burrower Mayflies (Ephemeridae) » Ephemera » Ephemera simulans
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Mayfly ID confirmation - Ephemera simulans
Copyright © 2012 photo was taken by John Stoeckel

Mayfly ID confirmation - Ephemera simulans
Forestville State Park, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA
May 29, 2012
Size: 2 cm
My trout fisherman friend observed many of these large Mayflies flying around a few days ago. He thinks it may be a Brown drake (Ephemera simulans), but would like confirmation of that. Thanks.
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Contributed by Troy Eagen on 1 June, 2012 - 8:56am
Last updated 1 June, 2012 - 7:33pm

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 1 June, 2012 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

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moved from ID Request
I see that my ID request was removed. Does that mean the bug is indeed a Brown drake? Thanks.
… Troy Eagen, 1 June, 2012 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Ephemera
Hi Troy-

Mayfly ID requests are routinely moved to Ephemeroptera. This is done to facilitate them being quickly noticed by someone who will be able to identify then to a lower level. In any event, this mayfly female subimago is certainly of genus Ephemera, and probably E. simulans (Brown Drake), as opposed to being E. varia (Yellow Drake).
… Roger Rohrbeck, 1 June, 2012 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

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