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Cloeon dipterum - female Bad image of a female Cloen dipterum for discussion here:<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56282/cloeon_dipterum_-_common_wetland_mayfly.html" title="Cloeon dipterum - Common wetland mayfly"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1332/56282_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=zEiAjBiLhXGdAaEx6mbpavEzuhI%3D" width="102" height="152" alt="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 />
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Cloeon dipterum - female

Bad image of a female Cloen dipterum for discussion here:

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 />
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''Cloeon dipterum'' is a species of mayfly with a Holarctic distribution. It is the most common mayfly in ponds in the British Isles and the only ovoviviparous mayfly in Europe. Males differ from females in having turbinate eyes.

Similar species: Mayflies
Species identified by Pudding4brains
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By Pudding4brains

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Uploaded Jun 3, 2018. Captured in Groene Bruglaan 9, 7602 RE Almelo, Netherlands.