Common Names of Trout Stream Mayflies

Common names are much more confusing than Latin names, because there are usually many names for each bug and many bugs for each name. People like them anyway. Most of these names are better for talking about body colors (like Sulphur) or fly patterns (like Adams) than for discussing actual insect species.

AdamsAmerican Blue DunAmerican Brown DunAmerican Green DrakeAmerican March BrownAngler's CurseArmored MayflyAutumn Green DrakeBeaverkillBig Slate DrakeBig Yellow MayBlack and Olive DunBlack and White SpinnerBlack DrakeBlack GnatBlack QuillBlue DunBlue QuillBlue Quill SpinnerBlue-Winged DunBlue-Winged OliveBlue-Winged Olive UprightBlue-Winged Red QuillBlue-Winged Rusty DunBooger SulphurBorcher DrakeBrown BivisibleBrown DrakeBrown DunBrown Quill SpinnerBWOCahillChocolate DunChocolate SpinnerCoffin FlyCream CahillCream DunCream MayCream VariantDark Blue QuillDark Blue-Winged OliveDark Brown DunDark Brown SpinnerDark CahillDark Gordon QuillDark Gray-Winged Olive DunDark Green DrakeDark HendricksonDark Olive Brown SpinnerDark Olive DunDark Olive SpinnerDark Red QuillDark Rusty SpinnerDark Slate-Winged OliveDark Speckled-Wing QuillDark Tan SpinnerDarth VaderDrakeflyDun VariantEarly Black QuillEarly Brown QuillEarly Brown SpinnerEastern Brown DrakeEastern Green DrakeEastern Pale Evening DunEvening DunFishflyFlavGiant Michigan MayflyGinger QuillGinger Quill SpinnerGolden DrakeGolden DunGolden SpinnerGordon QuillGray DrakeGray FoxGray Quill

Gray-Winged Blue DunGray-Winged Brown QuillGray-Winged Olive QuillGray-Winged Sulphur DunGray-Winged Yellow QuillGreat Brown SpinnerGreat Dark Green DrakeGreat Eastern SulphurGreat Lead-Wing Olive DrakeGreat Lead-Winged CoachmanGreat Lead-Winged DrakeGreat Olive-Winged DrakeGreat Olive-Winged SpinnerGreat Red QuillGreat Red SpinnerGreat Speckled Olive DunGreat Speckled SpinnerGreat Western LeadwingGreen DrakeGreen MayHendricksonHexHumpbacked NymphIron Blue DunIron Blue QuillIron DunJenny SpinnerLady BeaverkillLake FlyLarge Blue-Winged OliveLarge Dark HendricksonLarge Mahogany DunLarge Slate-Winged Mahogany DunLate HexLead-Winged OliveLeadwingLeadwing CoachmanLeadwing Olive DunLight Blue DunLight CahillLight Cahill SpinnerLight HendricksonLight Rusty SpinnerLittle Blue MayflyLittle Blue-Winged OliveLittle Brown QuillLittle Dark HendricksonLittle Iron Blue QuillLittle MaryattLittle Slate-Winged Brown QuillLittle Slate-Winged DunLittle Slate-Winged Olive QuillLittle Sulphury DunLittle Western Blue-Winged OliveLittle Western Iron-Blue QuillLittle White MayflyLittle White SpinnerLittle Yellow QuillMahogany DrakeMahogany DunMarch BrownMaroon DrakeMayflyMedium Olive DunMichigan CaddisMichigan SpinnerMichigan WigglerMiniature Blue-Winged OliveMiniature Eastern SulphurNo-Name MayflyOlive DunOlive QuillOlive Quill SpinnerPale Afternoon DunPale Brown DunPale Evening DunPale Evening SpinnerPale Gray-Winged Sulphur Dun

Pale Morning DunPale Morning SpinnerPale Olive DunPale Sulphur DunPale Watery DunPale White-Winged Watery DunParalepPink CahillPink LadyPseudo-Gray DrakeQuill GordonRed QuillRed Quill SpinnerRusty SpinnerSalmon SpinnerSand DrakeSandflyShad FlyShaddieSlate Brown DunSlate Cream DunSlate DrakeSlate Gray DunSlate Maroon DrakeSlate-Winged Brown QuillSlate-Winged Mahogany DunSlate-Winged OliveSmall Blue-Winged OliveSmall Eastern Blue-Winged OliveSmall Gordon QuillSmall Gray-Winged Yellow QuillSmall Western Dark HendricksonSmall Western Ginger QuillSmall Western Gordon QuillSmall Western Green DrakeSmall Western Red QuillSnowflake MayflySpeckle-WingSpeckled DunSpeckled-Winged DunSpeckled-Winged QuillSpeckled-Winged SpinnerSulphurTiny Blue-Winged OliveTiny Dun VariantTiny Sulphur DunTiny White-Winged BlackTiny White-Winged CurseTricoWestern Black QuillWestern Ginger QuillWestern Gordon QuillWestern Green DrakeWestern Light CahillWestern March BrownWestern OliveWestern Pale Morning DunWestern Pink QuillWestern Red QuillWestern Slate OliveWestern Slate Olive DunWestern Small Dark HendricksonWhirling DunWhite DrakeWhite DunWhite FlyWhite MillerWhite-Gloved HowdyWhite-Winged CurseWhite-Winged SulphurYellow DrakeYellow DunYellow MayYellow Quill

This list (like the rest of the site) focuses on American insects, so species from Britain, New Zealand, and elsewhere aren't included.

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