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Giant Mayflies
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Giant Mayflies

Hexagenia

Hexagenia is a genus of mayfly in the family Ephemeridae, the common burrower mayflies.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Giant Mayfly

speciesHexagenia limbata

Emergent Mayfly

speciesHexagenia bilineata

Lake Hex

speciesHexagenia atrocaudata

Great Olive-winged Drake

speciesHexagenia rigida

Southern Giant Mayfly

speciesHexagenia albivitta

Florida Hex

speciesHexagenia orlando

Hexagenia mexicana

speciesHexagenia mexicana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51112.