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Mayfly

Maccaffertium sp.

Description:

1 cm long body transparent mayfly

Habitat:

Lakeside

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3 Comments

luteum stenonema
luteum stenonema 9 years ago

The long rear femora help me ID this sample. I can't species it out because of the angle. The genus is Stenacron.

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Oops, thanks Scott - I forgot to add the photos of the insect itself! I've now moved the molt to the back

ScottHarte
ScottHarte 10 years ago

looks like you found a may fly molt.

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Québec, Canada

Spotted on Jul 28, 2013
Submitted on Aug 5, 2013

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