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Pond olive

Cloeon dipterum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Status not recordedinsects

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

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Quick facts about the pond olive

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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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 pond olive live?

Not recorded

Is the pond 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 pond olive classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderEphemeroptera
  5. familyBaetidae
  6. genusCloeon
  7. SpeciesCloeon dipterum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Synonyms Chleon dipterum, Chloeon dipterum, Cleon dipterum, Cloe diptera, Cloeon dimidiatum, Cloeon inscriptum, Cloeon pallida, Cloeon rufulum, Cloeon sgezedi, Cloeopsis diptera, Cloûon dipterum, Ephemera dimidiata, Ephemera diptera, Ephemera rufulum

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • jepice dvoukřídláCzech
  • Gul sødøgnflueDanish
  • FliegenhaftGerman
  • tiigipäevikEstonian
  • Mouche de maiFrench
  • elevenszülő kérészHungarian
  • Effimera ovoviviparaItalian
  • フタバカゲロウJapanese
  • 연못하루살이Korean
  • Gewone tweevleugelDutch
  • Murzyłka dwuskrzydłaPolish
  • Mosca-de-maio-OvoviviparaPortuguese
  • Подёнка двукрылаяRussian
  • podenka dvojkrídlaSlovak
  • gul dammsländaSwedish
  • harilik tiigipäevikEstonian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pond olive

Other species in the same genus Cloeon.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the pond olive?

The pond olive (Cloeon dipterum) 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). Pond olive (Cloeon dipterum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pond-olive

MLA

“Pond olive (Cloeon dipterum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pond-olive.

BibTeX
@misc{pond_olive_2026,
  title = {Pond olive (Cloeon dipterum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pond-olive},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}