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Cloeon dipterum - Common wetland mayfly Female subimago moulting to imago. I am glad I managed to phorograph this stage, as mayflies are the only insects where a winged form undergoes a further moult. The photos are taken in October in our apartment in Sofia, one evening using a flash. On the next photo the focus in on the exuviae.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56283/cloeon_dipterum_subimago_exuviae_-_common_wetland_mayfly.html" title="Cloeon dipterum subimago exuviae - Common wetland mayfly"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1332/56283_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=v1NwHu9hyqeOUtTcOf1qavFxffQ%3D" width="102" height="152" alt="Cloeon dipterum subimago exuviae - Common wetland mayfly Female subimago moulting to imago. I am glad I managed to phorograph this stage, as mayflies are the only insects where a winged form undergoes a further moult. The photos are taken in October in our apartment in Sofia, one evening using a flash. On the other photo the focus is on the imago.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56282/cloeon_dipterum_-_common_wetland_mayfly.html Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Baetidae,Bulgaria,Cloeon,Cloeon simile,Dun,Ephemeroptera,Europe,Exuviae,Fall,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Nature,Sofia,Subimago,Wildlife" /></a></figure> Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Baetidae,Bulgaria,Cloeon,Cloeon simile,Dun,Ephemeroptera,Europe,Exuviae,Fall,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Nature,Sofia,Subimago,Wildlife Click/tap to enlarge

Cloeon dipterum - Common wetland mayfly

Female subimago moulting to imago. I am glad I managed to phorograph this stage, as mayflies are the only insects where a winged form undergoes a further moult. The photos are taken in October in our apartment in Sofia, one evening using a flash. On the next photo the focus in on the exuviae.

Cloeon dipterum subimago exuviae - Common wetland mayfly Female subimago moulting to imago. I am glad I managed to phorograph this stage, as mayflies are the only insects where a winged form undergoes a further moult. The photos are taken in October in our apartment in Sofia, one evening using a flash. On the other photo the focus is on the imago.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56282/cloeon_dipterum_-_common_wetland_mayfly.html Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Baetidae,Bulgaria,Cloeon,Cloeon simile,Dun,Ephemeroptera,Europe,Exuviae,Fall,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Nature,Sofia,Subimago,Wildlife

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    Pudding4brains
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    Hi Jivko,
    I think this female should be simile too (not dipterum anyway), same as for the discussion with the male Cloeon here:
    Cloeon Mayfly on my window Cloeon Mayfly male - Cloeon dipterum Baetidae,Bulgaria,Cloeon,Cloeon simile,Geotagged,Mayfly,insect,nature

    For the females you can also look at the striped eyes, but here the fore margin of the wings is patterned on dipterum vs evenly pale on simile:
    Cloeon dipterum - female Bad image of a female Cloen dipterum for discussion here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56282/cloeon_dipterum_-_common_wetland_mayfly.html Baetidae,Cloeon,Cloeon dipterum,Ephemeroptera,Geotagged,Netherlands

    Just on the subimago that is harder to see, but yours is an imago (as the subimago skin is still showing in the image too :o)
    Cloeon dipterum - female subimago Bad image of a female Cloen dipterum (subimago) for discussion here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56282/cloeon_dipterum_-_common_wetland_mayfly.html Baetidae,Cloeon,Cloeon dipterum,Ephemeroptera,Geotagged,Netherlands,subimago

     Posted 7 years ago

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The Cloeon simile

Cloeon simile is a Mayfly (Ephemeroptera) in the family Baetidae. It is closely related to Cloeon dipterum, which is by some considered to be a species complex, hiding more than one actual species.

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By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Jan 5, 2018. Captured Oct 21, 2017 13:14 in ul. "Vorino" 20А, 1612 ж.к. Белите брези, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/9.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.