Your photo is of a mayfly...one of the genus Hexagenia. They are one of the largest of the mayflies.
If you notice it looks like this insect only has 4 legs, but it does have 6 - the front two are held together in front ...kind of looking like mouthparts. Mayfly adults do not eat. The nymphs live in ponds, lakes, and streams. They are well known by trout fisherman as this insect if the model for the lures they use called trout flies.
The nymphs in a stream or lake indicate the stream is relatively clean.
Large numbers of adults can emerge at the same time and are known to make bridges or roadways near water to be very slick to drivers.
These adults are known to come to lights at night often far from water.
"Mayfly
by: Moni
Your photo is of a mayfly...one of the genus Hexagenia. They are one of the largest of the mayflies.
If you notice it looks like this insect only has 4 legs, but it does have 6 - the front two are held together in front ...kind of looking like mouthparts. Mayfly adults do not eat. The nymphs live in ponds, lakes, and streams. They are well known by trout fisherman as this insect if the model for the lures they use called trout flies.
The nymphs in a stream or lake indicate the stream is relatively clean.
Large numbers of adults can emerge at the same time and are known to make bridges or roadways near water to be very slick to drivers.
These adults are known to come to lights at night often far from water.
This is a good bug to see."