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**Mayfly Genus Leptophlebia (Black Quills and Blue Quills)**

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Taxonomic Navigation -?-

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Leptophlebiidae (Blue Quills and Mahogany Duns)

» Genus Leptophlebia (Black Quills and Blue Quills)

Species in Leptophlebia
Leptophlebia cupidaBorcher Drake	0	0
Leptophlebia johnsoniBorcher Drake	0	0
Leptophlebia nebulosaBorcher Drake	0	0

4 species aren't included.

Common Names

Match	Common Name
	Black Quills and Blue Quills
	Whirling Duns
	Borcher Drakes
	Black Quills
	Western Black Quills
	Early Black Quills

Pictures Below ↓

This is page 3 of specimens of Leptophlebia. Visit the main Leptophlebia page for:

The behavior and habitat of Leptophlebia.

Pictures of 20 Mayfly Specimens in the Genus Leptophlebia:

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Leptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly Nymph

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Collected February 5, 2004 from the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Leptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly Nymph

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Collected June 29, 2007 from Dog Lake in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26, 2011

Leptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly Nymph

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Collected March 1, 2004 from the West Fork of the Chippewa River, Headwaters in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Leptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly Nymph

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Collected January 12, 2004 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Female Leptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly Spinner

View 3 PicturesI'm not positive of the collection date on this one, so I'm guessing.

Collected May 20, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Female Leptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly Spinner

View 2 PicturesThis large female Leptophlebia spinner emerged from a nymph I was holding in my room one night. I didn't have time to photograph her and she molted into a spinner before I was home from work in the evening. So here she is as a spinner. I wish I had more photos at more angles, but she flew off and I couldn't find her.

Collected May 18, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Female Leptophlebia cupida (Borcher Drake) Mayfly Spinner

View 3 PicturesI'm not positive of the collection date on this one, so I'm guessing.

Collected May 20, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

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Jargon Defined:

Nymph: The juvenile, underwater stages of mayflies, stoneflies, dragonflies, and damselflies and other aquatic insects whose juvenile stages are covered by hard exoskeletons. The word can also refer to the fishing flies which imitate these creatures, in which case it is used as a blanket term for flies imitating any underwater stage of an invertebrate (except for crayfish and leeches).

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.

Useful References:

Arbona, Fred Jr. 1989. Mayflies, the Angler, and the Trout. Nick Lyons Books.

Caucci, Al and Nastasi, Bob. 2004. Hatches II. The Lyons Press.

Knopp, Malcolm and Robert Cormier. 1997. Mayflies: An Angler's Study of Trout Water Ephemeroptera . The Lyons Press.

Leonard, Justin W. and Fannie A. Leonard. 1962. Mayflies of Michigan Trout Streams. Cranbrook Institute of Science.