Ephemeroptera (order)
Unidentified Mayfly at Bungonia, NSW
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| Ephemeroptera (order) | MichaelBedingfield | 23 Oct 2023 | |
| Ephemeroptera (order) | KorinneM | 23 Oct 2023 | |
| Libellulidae (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 23 Oct 2023 | |
| Belostomatidae (family) | RogerF | 21 Oct 2023 | |
| Gryllacrididae (family) | KorinneM | 21 Oct 2023 |
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User's notes
Sitting on a boulder at the water's edge at the creek.
5 comments
22 Oct 2023
@RogerF Matthew Connors on iNaturalist has commented the following:
It's definitely not a belostomatid either. I reckon it's a stonefly nymph or something along those lines.
It's definitely not a belostomatid either. I reckon it's a stonefly nymph or something along those lines.
23 Oct 2023
A stonefly nymph should have filamentous cercae and antennae. Maybe these have broken off giving it the appearance of a bug nymph. See pictures in the waterbug book.
23 Oct 2023
@RogerF From Russell Yong who is one of the admins on the entemology group on Facebook:
It's a leptophlebiid mayfly nymph. Three posterior processes, blocky head, lateral serrations. Prob wandered above the waterline in wetter times and then got stranded.
It's a leptophlebiid mayfly nymph. Three posterior processes, blocky head, lateral serrations. Prob wandered above the waterline in wetter times and then got stranded.
23 Oct 2023
@michaelb see my comment. Looking at iNaturalist, that does seem to fit, just lost the long bits off the end.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.997847-34.808003
- Maps Bungonia State Conservation Area Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Bungonia, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Oct 2023 12:13 PM Recorded on
- KorinneM Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- KorinneM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ephemeroptera (order) Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) Other insects Insects
Species information
- Ephemeroptera (order) Scientific name
- Unidentified Mayfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1137.9m Recorded at altitude
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