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The Specimen
Ephemeroptera (Mayflies) Mayfly Dun
View 10 PicturesThis specimen is really strange, very different in form from any other mayfly I've seen. Unfortunately it was found alone crippled in an eddy and in pretty bad shape, and I couldn't find any others like it.
View 10 PicturesThis specimen is really strange, very different in form from any other mayfly I've seen. Unfortunately it was found alone crippled in an eddy and in pretty bad shape, and I couldn't find any others like it.Region: Upper Midwest
Collected Jun 28, 2005
Added May 26, 2006
The Discussion
| Troutnut | June 25th, 2006, 11:12 pm | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1122 | I don't recognize this fly at all, and the major features are too damaged for me to follow my key to families. I'm guessing maybe it's some large and obscure species of Heptageniid, but it could be from some rare family of mayflies too. | |
| Jason Neuswanger The Troutnut | ||
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