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Small Minnow Mayfly - Callibaetis floridanus - female
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Small Minnow Mayfly - Callibaetis floridanus - Female
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
August 29, 2012
Hurricane Issac musta stirred up these mayflies, as I had a bunch of them. Perhaps something in Callibaetis?

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Small Minnow Mayfly - Callibaetis floridanus - female Small Minnow Mayfly - Callibaetis floridanus - female
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 30 August, 2012 - 8:36pm
Last updated 9 September, 2015 - 11:50am

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 16 September, 2012 - 11:48am

Callibaetis floridanus
Hi Robert,

Yes, this mayfly female imago is of genus Callibaetis, probably C. floridanus.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 16 September, 2012 - 11:47am

Moved for Expert ID
Moved from ID Request.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 16 September, 2012 - 3:23am

mayfly
Must be their season. Yesterday I had one that looked almost like this one show up here in Wisconsin, too.
… Ilona L., 31 August, 2012 - 1:35am

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