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 Brown mayfly??
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| nick upton |
Posted on 09-06-2011 10:31
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Can anyone confirm my ID of this mayfly (emerged very early in April..) as the Brown Mayfly Ephemera vulgata? The abdomen seems darker than the Green drake mayflies I usually see (Epehemera danica) but this was at a different site where the river flows more slowly. 25.4.11 c15mm resting on Nettle by riverbank (many were dancing), near Bath, UK. nick upton attached the following image:  [102.91Kb] Edited by nick upton on 09-06-2011 10:47 Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 09-06-2011 10:36
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2160 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Possibly Ephemera vulgata.
Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 09-06-2011 10:46
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Thanks Willem, though I was hoping for a definite ID, or is that maybe very tricky for mayflies? Here is a closer view in case that helps.
nick upton attached the following image:  [120.64Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| daandrukker |
Posted on 25-10-2018 09:55
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Member Location: Posts: 14 Joined: 23.10.18 |
Ephemera vulgata is correct. Male imago |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 01-11-2018 14:42
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks for your confirmation of my ID. N Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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