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Mayfly, vodencvijet

Ephemera danica

Photo by Jopy
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Field Notes

Description:

Large flies with three tails and large hind wings. The sub-imago has grey wings, with a yellowish green tinge and heavy venation. The body is creamy yellow with distinctive brown markings on the body segments. The tails are dark grey black and the legs are a creamy olive colour with black markings. In general, the colours of the wings, tails and legs are darker, and the body paler in the male.

Habitat:

Commonly found in clear water rivers and lakes.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)

Wow koji genijalan stvor!!! Super je, izgleda totalno nestvarno!!
Thanks, I will search now...
This is a may fly. I don't know what species but it is genus Ephemeroptera
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PublishedApril 10, 2013

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