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2009/4/11 18:51 From State College
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My mayfly id skills aren't where they should be, but is this some sort of hex? I have about a million of them on my porch right now.
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Posted on: 2016/8/18 11:43
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How big is the bug and what waterway do you live near?
Posted on: 2016/8/18 12:56
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sz 4 maybe 6 and on a tributary of the juniata about a mile above the mouth.
Posted on: 2016/8/18 13:07
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Probably a Hex.
If you Google "Hexagenia spinner Troutnut" a bunch of photos come up from Troutnutcom's website.
Posted on: 2016/8/18 13:35
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2014/8/2 20:20 From Mechanicsburg
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Looks like one of the hex species to me
Posted on: 2016/8/18 17:30
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Male hex spinner is my guess. Females are bigger and lighter if I'm not mistaken.
Posted on: 2016/8/19 11:31
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2008/1/31 17:19 From Pretty much everywhere at some point, Thorndale today.
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Hexagenia atrocaudata would fit time wise. Limbata is typically early Junish, with rigida and bilineata in July, and atrocaudata bringing up the rear in August.
Posted on: 2016/8/19 14:44
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