Caenis youngi

Caenis youngi · Order: Ephemeroptera · Family: Caenidae

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Caenis youngi
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Caenis youngi is a mayfly species. It belongs to the genus Caenis.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Caenis youngi is a mayfly species in the genus Caenis.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 10 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Alaska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Texas, Indiana, Alabama, Montana.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

Same family (Caenidae)

Caenis latipennisCaenis latipennisCaenis amicaCaenis amicaCaenis hilarisCaenis hilaris

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenis_youngi

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-29 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-29.

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