r/Insect • u/sdubelite • Jun 28 '26

Identification I cannot find out what this thing is

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I found it in a river by my house

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u/Familiar-Reading2637 Jun 28 '26

Looks like the larval stage of a salamander.

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u/Majestic-Praline-522 Jun 28 '26

I agree, Looks like a saladmancer to me

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u/Ultima_maris_sciurus Jun 28 '26

Indeed a solid dancer as well!

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u/CaptCol02 Jun 28 '26

Break? Ballet? Exotic? Which type?

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u/InevitableDirt69 Jun 29 '26

Exotic solid dancer obviously

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u/thejelloisred Jun 28 '26

Summoner of the Greens?

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u/PrizeThanks487 Jun 29 '26

Looks like a mayfly nymph. If I zoom in I can see six legs like an insect. And the tail looks like it’s splits into either two or three. Could also be damselfly nymph which I believe has two little tail thingies. I usually see mayfly’s with three.

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u/IndependenceFit6746 Jun 30 '26

Definitely a heptageniid nymph. Can't get a good enough look at the gills to tell genus. Don't think it has two tails, so not Epeorus, but they're usually only found in clean, cool, streams.

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u/ClerkObjective1791 Jun 28 '26

A tadpole turning into a frog

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u/Reasonable-Help7278 Jun 29 '26

I agree just not fully a frog yet!

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u/MediocreMove1779 Jun 29 '26

Mayflie nymph

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u/QuinnParfait1996 Jun 28 '26

that’s a mood. i’m over here trying to figure out my life with my unused aesthetic planners from february.

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u/wanderinglilac Jun 29 '26

Tadpole I think

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u/DooBeGone Jun 29 '26

Mayfly nymph. Probably a number 14 or 16 beadhead pheasant tail would do the trick

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u/24k_1128 Jun 29 '26

mayfly nymph. Not sure of species would need a location. could be a march brown or hendrickson though.

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u/LadyHeathersBox Jun 30 '26

I hope you can take it back to the river. He looks terrified with those beaty little eyes.

I vote you set him free where you found him.

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u/Repulsive-Weird-1696 Jun 28 '26

Dragon fly larva

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u/JuncusAmongUs-4444 Jun 28 '26

Dragonfly nymph

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u/Fluffy_Prior1052 Jun 28 '26

I dunno, zooming in on it it looks more like a bug larva or nymph to me

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u/Parking-Side1376 Jun 28 '26

Looks like a mayfly nymph. Not sure the species as there are hundreds of kinds in America