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Mayfly Species Maccaffertium mediopunctatum (Cream Cahill)

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I have seen no mention of this species as a fishable hatch in angling literature, but it is noteworthy for the unusual coloration of the male spinners, which Malcolm and Knopp describe in Mayflies: An Angler's Study of Trout Water Ephemeroptera :

...the male only exhibits this coloration on segments eight to ten, against an otherwise whitish to translucent body.
  

Where & When


Time Of Year (?): Late June to early October, peaking in early August


Nymph Biology


Current Speed: Fast

Substrate: Gravel and rock

Pictures of 5 Mayfly Specimens in the Species Maccaffertium mediopunctatum:

Specimen Page:12
Maccaffertium mediopunctatum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly NymphMaccaffertium mediopunctatum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly Nymph View 9 PicturesThis specimen seems to be of the same species as a dun I photographed which emerged from another nymph in the same sample.
Collected May 29, 2007 from Paradise Creek in Pennsylvania
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 4, 2007
Female Maccaffertium mediopunctatum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly DunFemale Maccaffertium mediopunctatum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly Dun View 10 PicturesThis female looks very much like a male I collected a few hundred miles away a few days later, so I'm guessing it's the same species, which I believe is Maccaffertium mediopunctatum.
Collected May 23, 2007 from the Little Juniata River in Pennsylvania
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 4, 2007
Specimen Page:12

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