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Cygnus Studios

Any idea what this is?

Lord Vetinari

Lovely capture- it's a mayfly
Brian v.

ziggy53

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Lovely capture- it's a mayfly
Brian v.

Also called the "shadfly" in this part of the country. Other colloquial names as well:

http://www.shadfly.com/story.html

Skippy

Cygnus Studios wrote:

Any idea what this is?

Good shot Cygnus Studios, glad Brian and Ziggy where able to help you out with a name .... Skippy
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Cygnus Studios

Definitely an interesting little bug. I read the link offered by Ziggy and did a little search on google, and found some interesting facts.
This is the first one that I have seen, and as their life is pretty short it may be my only one this year.