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Large Broadwings

Brachycercus harrisella Curtis, 1834

Status not recordedinsects

The large broadwings (Brachycercus harrisella) is a species in the family Caenidae, order Ephemeroptera.

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Quick facts about the large broadwings

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 large broadwings live?

Not recorded

Is the large broadwings 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 large broadwings classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderEphemeroptera
  5. familyCaenidae
  6. genusBrachycercus
  7. SpeciesBrachycercus harrisella Curtis, 1834

Synonyms Brachycercus arcticus, Brachycercus edmundsi, Brachycercus magnus, Brachycercus pallidus, Caenis harrisella, Caenis pennata, Eurycaenis harrisella

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Nattens mudderdøgnflueDanish
  • SarvpäevikEstonian
  • jokisurviainenFinnish
  • horndøgnflueNorwegian Bokmål
  • Gehoornde slijkhaftDutch
  • hornslamsländaSwedish
  • Брахіцеркус ХаррисаUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the large broadwings

Other species in the same genus Brachycercus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the large broadwings?

The large broadwings (Brachycercus harrisella) belongs to the family Caenidae 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). Large Broadwings (Brachycercus harrisella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-broadwings

MLA

“Large Broadwings (Brachycercus harrisella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-broadwings.

BibTeX
@misc{large_broadwings_2026,
  title = {Large Broadwings (Brachycercus harrisella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-broadwings},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}