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The Specimen

Leptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly SpinnerLeptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly Spinner View 7 Pictures
Collected May 28, 2005 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by on May 24, 2006

The Discussion

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MartinusDecember 18th, 2011, 9:45 pm
Posts: 2		effectivement belle éphémère, cupida est une des premières a apparaitre en rivière au printemps. Elle est suivie de près par nebulosa.


Martin Grenier
PaulRobertsDecember 18th, 2011, 10:20 pm
Colorado

Posts: 1776		actually ephemeral beautiful, greedy is one of the first to appear in the river in the spring. It is followed closely by nebulosa.
SayfuDecember 19th, 2011, 10:40 am
Posts: 560Now I know where those scary creature movies come from. I can see crowds of people racing through the big city streets to get away from that thing!
PaulRobertsDecember 19th, 2011, 2:59 pm
Colorado

Posts: 1776
Now I know where those scary creature movies come from. I can see crowds of people racing through the big city streets to get away from that thing!

You got it. The idea for the alien in the Sigourney Weaver movie, "Alien", came from the dragonfly larva. If you adjust for scale, Hollywood hasn't rivaled what actually exists.

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