Mayfly Family Leptophlebiidae (Black Quills and Blue Quills)

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Leptophlebiidae (Black Quills and Blue Quills)

Genus in Leptophlebiidae
LeptophlebiaBlack Quills	19	89
ParaleptophlebiaBlue Quills	21	121

8 genera aren't included.

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Match	Common Name
	Black Quills and Blue Quills

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

The behavior and habitat of Leptophlebiidae.
2 streamside pictures of Leptophlebiidae.

40 Mayfly Specimens in the Family Leptophlebiidae:

Specimen Page:123 4 5

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills) Mayfly Spinner

View 15 PicturesI wasn't actually fishing the river where I caught this one. I was just scouting, didn't like the look of the water, and as I was walking back to the car this little dun landed on my vest. Why can't they all be so easy to collect?

Region: Catskills

Collected Sep 8, 2006

Added Oct 4, 2006

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills) Mayfly Dun

View 5 Pictures

Region: Catskills

Collected Jun 1, 2007

Added Jun 4, 2007

Paraleptophlebia mollis (Blue Quill) Mayfly Dun

View 6 Pictures

Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Jun 8, 2005

Added May 26, 2006

Leptophlebia cupida (Black Quill) Mayfly Spinner

View 7 Pictures

Region: Upper Midwest

Collected May 28, 2005

Added May 24, 2006

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills) Mayfly Nymph

View 6 Pictures

Region: Northeast

Collected Mar 29, 2005

Added Apr 7, 2006

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills) Mayfly Nymph

View 6 Pictures

Region: Catskills

Collected May 6, 2007

Added May 18, 2007

Leptophlebia (Black Quills) Mayfly Dun

View 7 PicturesI collected this mayfly after user Al514 tipped me off to the presence of some Leptophlebia mayflies I didn't seem to have yet with his ID request of a male dun. This seems to be of the same species. I also collected a female spinner. Based on that spinner, I can tell that this is either Leptophlebia cupida or Leptophlebia nebulosa, but I can't tell which.

Unfortunately none of the specimens I collected made it through the hot, sunny day very well. So the pictures aren't great, but they're better than nothing.

Region: Northeast

Collected May 9, 2007

Added May 18, 2007

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills) Mayfly Nymph

View 6 Pictures

Region: Catskills

Collected Apr 19, 2006

Added Apr 21, 2006

Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills) Mayfly Spinner

View 7 Pictures

Region: Northeast

Collected May 9, 2007

Added May 18, 2007

Leptophlebia cupida (Black Quill) Mayfly Nymph

View 5 Pictures

Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Mar 1, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Specimen Page:123 4 5

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Jargon Defined:

Dun: Mayflies have two adult stages. They first emerge from the water as duns (scientifically known as the subimago stage). They then molt into the spinner (imago) stage, in which they mate and die. Sometimes the word "dun" is confusingly used to refer to a brownish gray color in fly tying materials.

Spinner: There are two winged stages of adult mayflies. They emerge from the water as duns, molt on land (usually) into their fully mature stage, spinners. As spinners, they mate, lay eggs, and die.