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Bug Of The Week

- KINGDOM Animalia

- SUBKINGDOM Eumetazoa

- PHYLUM Arthropoda

- SUBPHYLUM Hexapoda

- CLASS Insecta

- ORDER Ephemeroptera

- FAMILY Heptageniidae

- GENUS Epeorus

- SPECIES assimilis


Epeorus assimilis  (Imago  Male)

Most liklely found between


E.assimilis hatches between April and July

The body length can reach 2 cm. and its cerci more then double of the body length



Adbomen ventral view, typical dark triangular pattern

Abdomen and genitalia detail, ventral view

Dorsal view, genitalia detail

45 mm. cerci