**Mayfly Species Heptagenia solitaria (Ginger Quill)**

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

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

» Genus Heptagenia

» Species solitaria (Ginger Quill)

Common Names

Match	Common Name
	Ginger Quill
	Gray Fox
	Ginger Quill Spinner

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Where & When

Region: West

Time Of Year (?): August through October

A few authors mention fishable hatches of these mayflies in the West, but they are not among the most important species.

Pictures of 3 Mayfly Specimens in the Species Heptagenia solitaria:

Heptagenia solitaria (Ginger Quill) Mayfly Adult

View 4 PicturesThis species is common in the Flathead River below Kerr Day. The river here is fairly warm with a cobble and boulder bottom with heavy periphyton at times. This species is not common elsewhere in western Montana.

Collected July 4, 2005 from the Flathead River-lower in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 28, 2011

Male Heptagenia solitaria (Ginger Quill) Mayfly Spinner

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Collected July 5, 2005 from the Flathead River-Lower in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 27, 2011

Heptagenia solitaria (Ginger Quill) Mayfly Nymph

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Collected February 27, 2005 from the Flathead River-lower in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 28, 2011

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Mayfly Species Heptagenia solitaria (Ginger Quill)

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**Mayfly Species Heptagenia solitaria (Ginger Quill)**