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Mayfly Nymph - Maccaffertium
Copyright © 2014 S Moorman

Mayfly Nymph - Maccaffertium
La Follette/ Norris Lake, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA
August 1, 2014
found under a rock with detritus in a small rocky mountain stream flowing into the lake

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Contributed by S Moorman on 4 August, 2014 - 2:23pm
Last updated 8 August, 2014 - 10:43pm

Maccaffertium puchellum
From what I can see even though very immature your Lake Norris samples all have odd and pale dorsal maculation. Based on the top combined with the ventral maculation and lateral projection 7-9 I would class this a Maccaffertium pulchellum.


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