**Mayfly Species Paraleptophlebia guttata (Blue Quill)**

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Leptophlebiidae (Black Quills and Blue Quills)

» Genus Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills)

» Species guttata (Blue Quill)

Common Names

Match	Common Name
	Blue Quill
	Paralep
	Mahogany Dun
	Slate-Winged Mahogany Dun
	Blue-Winged Dun

This species often hatches together with Paraleptophlebia mollis and Paraleptophlebia strigula.

Where & When

Regions: East, Midwest
Time Of Year (?): June through August

Hatching Behavior

Time Of Day (?): Morning
Habitat: Fast water

The emerged duns rest on the surface for a while before taking flight.

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Jargon Defined:

Duns: Mayflies have two adult stages. They first emerge from the water as duns (scientifically known as the subimago stage). They then molt into the spinner (imago) stage, in which they mate and die. Sometimes the word "dun" is confusingly used to refer to a brownish gray color in fly tying materials.

Useful References:

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

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

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