Mayfly Genus Leucrocuta

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Heptageniidae (March Browns, Cahills, Quill Gordons)

» Genus Leucrocuta

Species in Leucrocuta
Leucrocuta aphroditePale Evening Dun	0	0
Leucrocuta hebeLittle Yellow Quill	9	51
Leucrocuta juno	0	0
Leucrocuta minerva	0	0

6 species aren't included.

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

The behavior and habitat of Leucrocuta.

Pictures of 9 Mayfly Specimens in the Genus Leucrocuta:

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Male Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill) Mayfly Spinner

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Collected June 5, 2005 from the Teal River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 24, 2006

Male Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill) Mayfly Spinner

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Collected July 2, 2005 from the Teal River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on April 22, 2006

Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill) Mayfly Nymph

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Collected June 9, 2005 from the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 26, 2006

Female Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill) Mayfly Spinner

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Collected September 4, 2006 from Willowemoc Creek in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on October 3, 2006

Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill) Mayfly Nymph

View 2 PicturesThis is a very early instar (Instar: Many invertebrates molt through dozens of progressively larger and better-developed stages as they grow. Each of these stages is known as an instar. Hard-bodied nymphs typically molt through more instars than soft-bodied larvae.).

Collected January 13, 2004 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill) Mayfly Nymph

View 4 PicturesThis is a very early instar (Instar: Many invertebrates molt through dozens of progressively larger and better-developed stages as they grow. Each of these stages is known as an instar. Hard-bodied nymphs typically molt through more instars than soft-bodied larvae.).

Collected January 13, 2004 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

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Jargon Defined:

Instar: Many invertebrates molt through dozens of progressively larger and better-developed stages as they grow. Each of these stages is known as an instar. Hard-bodied nymphs typically molt through more instars than soft-bodied larvae.

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.