Mayfly Family Ephemeridae (Hexes and Big Drakes)

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Ephemeridae (Hexes and Big Drakes)

Genus in Ephemeridae
Ephemera	21	134
Hexagenia	31	158
Litobrancha	0	0

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Hexes and Big Drakes

This is page 3 of specimens of Ephemeridae. Visit the main Ephemeridae page for:

• The behavior and habitat of Ephemeridae.
• 3 underwater pictures of Ephemeridae.
• 6 streamside pictures of Ephemeridae.

Pictures of 52 Mayfly Specimens in the Family Ephemeridae:

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Female Ephemera varia (Yellow Drake) Mayfly Spinner View 6 PicturesI found this female spinner ovipositing in a small stream. She came along while I was playing a trout -- every good bug seemed to do that last night! I didn't have my bug net, so I caught the trout in my landing net, released the trout, and caught the mayfly in my landing net. Her wing got a bit messed up from that.

Collected July 7, 2006 from Cayuta Creek in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 8, 2006

Hexagenia limbata (Hex) Mayfly Nymph View 3 Pictures

Collected March 1, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Ephemera varia (Yellow Drake) Mayfly Nymph View 4 Pictures

Collected March 29, 2006 from Fall Creek in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on April 6, 2006

Female Ephemera guttulata (Green Drake) Mayfly Spinner View 7 Pictures

Collected June 1, 2007 from the West Branch of the Delaware River in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 4, 2007

Hexagenia limbata (Hex) Mayfly Nymph View 2 Pictures

Collected March 1, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Male Ephemera simulans (Brown Drake) Mayfly Spinner View 2 PicturesThis one hatched in the middle of July, which is very late for this species.

Collected July 14, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Ephemera simulans (Brown Drake) Mayfly Nymph View 6 Pictures

Collected January 31, 2004 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Male Hexagenia atrocaudata (Late Hex) Mayfly Spinner View 3 PicturesI found this spinner and a few of his friends bobbing above the river amidst a snowstorm hatch of white Ephoron flies.

Collected August 15, 2004 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Female Hexagenia limbata (Hex) Mayfly Dun View 8 Pictures

Collected June 13, 2005 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 26, 2006

Hexagenia limbata (Hex) Mayfly Nymph View 7 Pictures

Collected March 1, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

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