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Ritchie County Mayfly - Baetisca
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Ritchie County Mayfly - Baetisca
Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA
April 16, 1989
From a Kodachrome slide.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 20 November, 2013 - 5:14am
Last updated 5 December, 2013 - 12:41pm

Moved
Moved from Armored Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 5 December, 2013 - 12:41pm

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 5 December, 2013 - 12:39pm

Baetisca
Hi Stephen-

I believe this male imago to be of genus Baetisca. Frankly, it had me stumped, at least until my good friend and fellow aquatic entomology/taxonomy enthusiast, Kurt Schirmer, identified it for me after having posted your photo on the entomology forum of my website.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 5 December, 2013 - 12:38pm

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