Mayfly Genus Serratella
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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
» Class Insecta (Insects)
» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
» Family Ephemerellidae (Hendricksons, Sulphurs, PMDs, BWOs)
» Genus Serratella
| Species in Serratella |  |  |
| Serratella deficiensDarth Vader | 1 | 6 |
| Serratella serrataOlive Quill | 0 | 0 |
| Serratella tibialisSmall Western Dark Hendrickson | 0 | 0 |
6 species aren't included.
1 Mayfly Specimen in the Genus Serratella:
Serratella deficiens (Darth Vader) Mayfly Nymph
View 6 PicturesThis nymph has tiny, barely detectable tubercles (
Tubercle: Various peculiar little bumps or projections on an insect. Their character is important for the identification of many kinds of insects, such as the nymphs of Ephemerellidae mayflies.) on its abdominal segments, and I could not find the maxillary palpi. I have tentatively guessed that it is Serratella deficiens.
View 6 PicturesThis nymph has tiny, barely detectable tubercles (
View Full SizeA few (not all) of the abdominal tubercles on this Ephemerella needhami nymph are circled. They are especially large in this species.
Region: Upper Midwest
Collected Jun 9, 2005
Added May 26, 2006
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Serratella 1 Reply »
Jason: I was fishing in Central PA with a buddy on Sunday and we collected 2 different BWO species from the water. A really small one, about 22 to 24, had an olive/gray body. The other, which was about a size 20, had a gray body and thorax and was matched well with natural beaver fur. I don't know the names, of course, but I saw them with my own eyes. We did well fishing an emerger/dun pattern in sizes 20 and 22. We tied some with trailing shucks of amber or dun. We used a light olive thread for the body, sparse gray beaver dubbing for the thorax, and dun snow shoe for the wing.
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