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Photo by JakeFrancis
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Field Notes

Description:

About 10-12 mm long.

Habitat:

Found next to big wheeling creek (Wheeling WV)

Species ID Suggestions

Mayfly

Ephemeroptera

Reference Link
Jolly Ibañez
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Comments (1)
JakeFrancis
Thanks Jolly, Definitely some sort of ephemeropteran, it was not hatching in extremely large numbers that night (only saw between 30-40) but saw many hundred 2 nights earlier! If you can suggest a good key to adult mayflies I would love to learn to identify these with more precision.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2012

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