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Large swimming mayfly

Oniscigaster wakefieldi McLachlan, 1873

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The large swimming mayfly (Oniscigaster wakefieldi) is a species in the family Oniscigastridae, order Ephemeroptera.

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Quick facts about the large swimming mayfly

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

Where does the large swimming mayfly live?

Not recorded

Is the large swimming mayfly 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 swimming mayfly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderEphemeroptera
  5. familyOniscigastridae
  6. genusOniscigaster
  7. SpeciesOniscigaster wakefieldi McLachlan, 1873

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Relatives of the large swimming mayfly

Other species in the same genus Oniscigaster.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the large swimming mayfly?

The large swimming mayfly (Oniscigaster wakefieldi) belongs to the family Oniscigastridae in the order Ephemeroptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Large swimming mayfly (Oniscigaster wakefieldi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oniscigaster-wakefieldi

MLA

“Large swimming mayfly (Oniscigaster wakefieldi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oniscigaster-wakefieldi.

BibTeX
@misc{oniscigaster_wakefieldi_2026,
  title = {Large swimming mayfly (Oniscigaster wakefieldi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oniscigaster-wakefieldi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}