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

Species in Leptophlebia
Leptophlebia cupidaBlack Quill	16	71
Leptophlebia johnsoniBlack Quill	0	0
Leptophlebia nebulosaBlack Quill	0	0

4 species aren't included.

Common Names

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

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The behavior and habitat of Leptophlebia.

19 Mayfly Specimens in the Genus Leptophlebia:

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Leptophlebia cupida (Black Quill) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Mar 1, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Leptophlebia cupida (Black Quill) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Mar 1, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Leptophlebia cupida (Black Quill) 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.

Region: Upper Midwest

Collected May 18, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Leptophlebia cupida (Black Quill) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Feb 5, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Leptophlebia cupida (Black Quill) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Jan 13, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Leptophlebia cupida (Black Quill) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Jan 12, 2004

Added Jan 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.