**Mayfly Species Plauditus punctiventris (Tiny Western Olive)**

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» Species punctiventris (Tiny Western Olive)

Common Names

Match	Common Name
	Tiny Western Olive
	Western Olive
	Tiny Blue-Winged Olive
	Little Slate-Winged Olive Quill

This species produces very strong hatches on fertile Western spring creeks. They are extremely small mayflies but may be extremely numerous.

Where & When

Region: West

Time Of Year (?): Late June and early July; again in late September and early October

Preferred Waters: Spring creeks

Time Of Day (?): Sporadically from late morning on; compressed to near dusk on warm days

Substrate: Gravel, vegetation

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