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Lake olive

Cloeon simile Eaton, 1870

Status not recordedinsects

The lake olive (Cloeon simile) is a species in the family Baetidae, order Ephemeroptera.

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Quick facts about the lake olive

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the lake olive live?

Not recorded

Is the lake olive endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the lake olive classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderEphemeroptera
  5. familyBaetidae
  6. genusCloeon
  7. SpeciesCloeon simile Eaton, 1870

Synonyms Cleon simile, Cloeon viride, Similicloeon simile

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Brun sødøgnflueDanish
  • RingoogtweevleugelDutch
  • brun dammsländaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lake olive

Other species in the same genus Cloeon.

Pond olive

Cloeon dipterum

BaetidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the lake olive?

The lake olive (Cloeon simile) belongs to the family Baetidae in the order Ephemeroptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lake olive (Cloeon simile). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lake-olive

MLA

“Lake olive (Cloeon simile).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lake-olive.

BibTeX
@misc{lake_olive_2026,
  title = {Lake olive (Cloeon simile)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lake-olive},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}