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Mayfly Species Ephemerella aurivillii

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This is page 2 of specimens of Ephemerella aurivillii. Visit the main Ephemerella aurivillii page for:

  • The behavior and habitat of Ephemerella aurivillii.

Pictures of 18 Mayfly Specimens in the Species Ephemerella aurivillii:

Specimen Page:123
Ephemerella aurivillii Mayfly NymphEphemerella aurivillii Mayfly Nymph View 7 Pictures
Collected May 10, 2008 from the Chena River in Alaska
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on April 20, 2011
Male Ephemerella aurivillii Mayfly DunMale Ephemerella aurivillii Mayfly Dun View 14 PicturesThis is the most widespread species of Ephemerella, and also the most abundant in some places, but nobody I've talked to seemed to know what its duns looked like, and there were no pictures of its duns online or in any angling books. That mystery is solved with this male dun, which hatched from a definitively identified nymph.
Collected July 10, 2011 from Nome Creek in Alaska
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 12, 2011
Ephemerella aurivillii Mayfly NymphEphemerella aurivillii Mayfly Nymph View 9 PicturesI'm pretty sure this is Ephemerella aurivillii. The body is 11mm long, which rules out most other species, and the hind legs seem to be more than 1.5 times longer than the fore legs -- a key characteristic for this species.

This specimen isn't in the best of shape, as it's missing all three tails, but it's the only one of its species I captured in this sample.
Collected May 6, 2007 from Mongaup Creek in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 18, 2007
Ephemerella aurivillii Mayfly NymphEphemerella aurivillii Mayfly Nymph View 3 PicturesThis specimen seems to be morphologically identical to the darker specimens of its species, but it's a very distinctly different color. I'm guessing this is a gender difference, just as I've guessed for the similar E. subvaria nymphs.
Collected February 5, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006
Female Ephemerella aurivillii Mayfly DunFemale Ephemerella aurivillii Mayfly Dun View 5 PicturesThis dun hatched out in my aquarium from this nymph.
Collected July 10, 2011 from Nome Creek in Alaska
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 13, 2011
Ephemerella aurivillii Mayfly NymphEphemerella aurivillii Mayfly Nymph View 7 Pictures
Collected May 10, 2008 from the Chena River in Alaska
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on April 20, 2011
Ephemerella aurivillii Mayfly NymphEphemerella aurivillii Mayfly Nymph View 6 PicturesThis specimen was collected together with a lighter one of the same species.

It resembles another specimen from about 1300 miles away in Wisconsin, which I tentatively called Ephemerella needhami. This one has much less prominent abdominal tubercles (
A few (not all) of the abdominal tubercles on this Ephemerella needhami nymph are circled. They are especially large in this species.
A few (not all) of the abdominal tubercles on this Ephemerella needhami nymph are circled. They are especially large in this species.
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.). It may be that they're both the same species and I don't have my identifications straight.
Collected April 19, 2006 from Mongaup Creek in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on April 21, 2006
Ephemerella aurivillii Mayfly NymphEphemerella aurivillii Mayfly Nymph View 4 PicturesThis specimen was collected together with a darker one of the same species.
Collected April 19, 2006 from Mongaup Creek in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on April 21, 2006
Ephemerella aurivillii Mayfly NymphEphemerella aurivillii Mayfly Nymph View 3 Pictures
Collected February 5, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006
Ephemerella aurivillii Mayfly NymphEphemerella aurivillii Mayfly Nymph View 5 PicturesThis nymph hatched out in my aquarium into this dun.
Collected July 10, 2011 from Nome Creek in Alaska
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 13, 2011
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