This specimen is on the left in this picture. On the right is another one I collected but didn't otherwise photograph. It's from the same stream and time, and presumably of the same species. It shows quite a bit of natural variation.
Female Leptophlebia (Black Quills and Blue Quills) Mayfly Dun from Factory Brook in New York
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