American Green Drake

Ephemera guttulata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Ephemeroptera
Family: Ephemeridae

Ephemera guttulata, commonly known as the eastern green drake, shad fly and coffinfly, is a species of mayfly in the genus Ephemera. The eastern green drake is native to the continental United States and Canada. Its conservation status per the NatureServe conservation status ranking system is G5, meaning it is secure.

Distribution

American Green Drake — (c) Jerry Schoen, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 16

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Jerry Schoen, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionEphemera guttulata, Wikipedia contributors

American Green Drake

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