I saw this photo and it was identified as a 'Mayfly on a car bonnet', which it isn't.




I can't get to my entomology books to identify it as the missus is soldering together a stained glass panel ( I know I know..........)

I think I know what it is, but I'm too much of a coward to guess out loud! So, come on folks, from a stillwater in the south, what do you all think?

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My guess is: Genus Leptophlebia. Species probably marginata.


Riverboy, what do you make of that? However as the Sepia Dun is supposedly limited to acidic areas and you purport to be in Hampshire, which is alkaline, I'll wait to see what others have to say.



LP

I am no means an expert but looking up Goddard's book I thought the same. Some information here.

http://www.ephemeroptera.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/4876/

All it says is it can tolerate acidic conditions but is found all over the country.

I think this is a male spinner as this is a picture of a female dun I took in Inchnadamph.



And a male dun

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There are area's in Hants that are acidic, for example the whole Beaulieu river estuary which is why Exbury Gardens do so well with Azaleas and Rhodedendrons. Looking at some of the plants in the backround of other pics from this site, there are certainly some acid loving plants, so you could still be right.

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its gotta be a sepia or claret?

think this is your culprit
hes a claret

The claret dun has a buff coloured hindwing.....I say Sepia...

Think you'll find She's a He

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You must have bloody good eyes to see that, I think the first one had some lippy on, but that doesn't mean much these days

Hi'Darren, Very hard to tell for certain from a photograph, but it's definitely a male, Wee Jimmy. Either Claret or Sepia. The other 'lepto' of similar size is the less common, turkey brown, beloved of Oliver Edwards. It's a 'paralepto' along with the tiny purple and the ditch dun. We have all five in Cumbria, but I have never seen the larger species in quantity, and have never tied a copy of any of them. I certainly wouldn't bet on it, but I think the segment ringing looks a bit like the straw coloured rings of the Sepia male spinner. Go on, I'll go with LP on this one, very long tail whisks. TC