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taken the same day as the Anthopotamus distinctus
taken the same day as the Anthopotamus distinctus
AafloydOctober 31st, 2011, 11:03 pm
Mouth of Wilson, VA

Posts: 8
I realize this is well worn topic on the forum, but I just got through posting a comment stating that I had Hexagenia limbata alongside Anthopotamus distinctus here in Southwest Virginia. After posting it I second guessed... and in reading the discussions on the forum about this there seems to be some hent that a broad geographical division line can be drawn between Hexagenia rigida and Hexagenia limbata with limbata being more common in the northern midwest and rigida being more common in east/southeast with a ton of overlap. So my question is: if this is true and would being in SW Virginia (near NC) increase the likely hood of one over the other?

I'll post a photo of the specimen shortly,
aaron
TaxonOctober 31st, 2011, 11:35 pm
Site Editor
Royse City, TX

Posts: 1350
Aaron-

Will be interested to see your photo. However, unless it clearly shows the penes of a male imago, attempting to differentiate between Hexagenia limbata and H. rigida would be highly speculative, at least in my opinion.
Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
AafloydOctober 31st, 2011, 11:38 pm
Mouth of Wilson, VA

Posts: 8
Next year I'm photographing the penes! Perhaps it is better to attempt to resolve it after that - in the meantime I'll just refer to them as the Hexes of late June.
OldredbarnNovember 1st, 2011, 9:49 am
Novi, MI

Posts: 2608
Next year I'm photographing the penes!


Aaron...Don't say that too loudly, your neighbors will be putting you on the list...:)

That is a wonderful photo, by-the-way...Somewhere on here I have some pictures of her cousin, step-child maybe more correct since she's been moved from the genus...Still hasn't been totally kicked out of the family yet, but who knows...Litobrancha recurvata.

Spence

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Jmd123November 2nd, 2011, 12:05 pm
Oscoda, MI

Posts: 2611
These mayfly photos are killing me...what I wouldn't do for a good hatch right now...

Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

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