Bug FAQPentagenia vittigera
Pentagenia vittigera · Order: Ephemeroptera · Family: Ephemeridae
No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Pentagenia vittigera lives in North America. Its native range is also North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Native to North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 19 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Illinois, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Indiana.
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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
More photos
Same family (Ephemeridae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagenia_vittigera
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.