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Cream Cahills

Like most common names, "Cream Cahill" can refer to more than one taxon. They're previewed below, along with 6 specimens. For more detail click through to the scientific names.

Mayfly Species Stenonema femoratum

These are often called Cream Cahills.
This is the only species remaining in the Stenonema genus after the classic superhatches were reclassified into Maccaffertium. Its habitat and behavior is not different from the Maccaffertium species, except as noted below, and you should consult the page for that genus if you need angling information for this hatch.
Stenonema femoratum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly NymphStenonema femoratum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly NymphView 6 Pictures
Region: Catskills
Collected May 6, 2007
Added May 18, 2007

Mayfly Species Maccaffertium mediopunctatum

These are often called Cream Cahills.
I have seen no mention of this species as a fishable hatch in angling literature, but it is noteworthy for the unusual coloration of the male spinners, which Malcolm and Knopp describe in Mayflies: An Angler's Study of Trout Water Ephemeroptera :

...the male only exhibits this coloration on segments eight to ten, against an otherwise whitish to translucent body.
Maccaffertium mediopunctatum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly NymphMaccaffertium mediopunctatum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly NymphView 9 PicturesThis specimen seems to be of the same species as a dun I photographed which emerged from another nymph in the same sample.
Region: Poconos
Collected May 29, 2007
Added Jun 4, 2007
Female Maccaffertium mediopunctatum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly DunFemale Maccaffertium mediopunctatum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly DunView 10 PicturesThis female looks very much like a male I collected a few hundred miles away a few days later, so I'm guessing it's the same species, which I believe is Maccaffertium mediopunctatum.
Region: PA Limestone
Collected May 23, 2007
Added Jun 4, 2007

Mayfly Species Maccaffertium mexicanum

These are often called Cream Cahills.
This species is usually mentioned under its former name, Stenonema integrum. Now integrum is a subspecies (Subspecies: Entomologists sometimes further divide a species into distinct groups called subspecies, which have two lower-case words on the end of their scientific name instead of one. The latter is the sub-species name. For example, Maccaffertium mexicanum mexicanum and Maccaffertium mexicanum integrum are two different subspecies of Maccaffertium mexicanum.) of Maccaffertium mexicanum. It is not said to produce fishable hatches.

I've tentatively identified several specimens I collected as members of this species based on their color patterns. It may be more likely that they belong to a Midwestern color variety of Maccaffertium vicarium which produces good hatches on the river where they were collected.
Maccaffertium mexicanum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly NymphMaccaffertium mexicanum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly NymphView 5 Pictures
Region: Upper Midwest
Collected Jan 12, 2004
Added Jan 25, 2006

Mayfly Species Maccaffertium modestum

These are often called Cream Cahills.
Maccaffertium modestum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly NymphMaccaffertium modestum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly NymphView 3 Pictures
Region: Upper Midwest
Collected Jan 13, 2004
Added Jan 25, 2006
Male Maccaffertium modestum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly SpinnerMale Maccaffertium modestum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly SpinnerView 4 Pictures
Region: Upper Midwest
Collected Aug 5, 2004
Added Jan 25, 2006
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