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

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Leptophlebiidae (Blue Quills & Mahogany Duns)

» Genus Paraleptophlebia (Blue Quills & Mahogany Duns)

» Species heteronea (Blue Quill)

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Blue Quill

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This species is the primary spring emerging Paraleptophlebia throughout the western region. Outside of California and parts of Oregon, if you run into a little blue winged brown bodied fly with three tails in the spring, it's probably this critter.

Where & When

Region: West

Time Of Year (?): Spring

Preferred Waters: Rivers of all speeds and sizes

Hatching Behavior

Time Of Day (?): Afternoon

Pictures of 2 Mayfly Specimens in the Species Paraleptophlebia heteronea:

Male Paraleptophlebia heteronea (Blue Quill) Mayfly Spinner

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Collected June 15, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 24, 2011

Male Paraleptophlebia heteronea (Blue Quill) Mayfly Spinner

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Collected June 5, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26, 2011

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Mayfly Species Paraleptophlebia heteronea (Blue Quill)

Where & When

Hatching Behavior

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