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Ephemerella maculata
Copyright © 2014 Mark Melton

Ephemerella maculata
Healdsburg, Russian River, Sonoma County, California, USA
April 21, 2014
Size: 5 mm body length
Color variant of E. maculata. Probably comprises less than 5 percent of the population in this area. Unusual, but still keys out to E. maculata and has the distinctive ventral abdominal markings which can be seen here (1). Live specimen.
Contributed by Mark Melton on 22 April, 2014 - 7:45am

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