Subject: Unknown flying insect
Geographic location of the bug: Anthem, AZ
Date: 03/13/2018
Time: 11:25 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: I found a number of these while fishing a small urban pond. They seem to have a single pair of wings and three ‘tails’ for lack of a better term. I was fishing all day and these seemed to appear in greater number in the late afternoon to evening hours and seemed harmless enough.
How you want your letter signed: Brian
Dear Brian,
Though we recognized your insect as a Mayfly in the order Ephemeroptera, its appearance is quite different from other Mayflies in our archives. We identified your individual as a White Mayfly, possibly Ephoron album which is pictured on BugGuide, and though BugGuide does not report any sightings in Arizona, there are sightings from nearby Colorado and Utah.