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Ephemeroptera

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Category: Insect & spider
  • Leg with/without claw
  • Wing
  • Antenna
  • head, eye
  • Other, tail

Leg with/without claw

The legs are slender, weak and poorly sclerotised. The claws are pale, flimsy and underdeveloped. Fore legs of male elongated, used to grasp female in flight.

 

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claw several legs trianglar shaped segments trianglar shaped segments

Wing

The wings are delicate and transparent, with characteristic net-like venation.

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wing detail of wing    

Antenna

The antennae are very short

head, eye

The mouthparts of adults are reduced, unsclerotised.

Other, tail

Ephemeroptera have cerci, tail-like structures composed of cilindrical segments

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