Drunella cornuta (Large Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Nymph Pictures

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Ephemerellidae (Hendricksons, Sulphurs, PMDs, BWOs)

» Genus Drunella (Blue-Winged Olives)

» Species cornuta (Large Blue-Winged Olive)

This mayfly was collected from the Long Lake Branch of the White River on June 5th, 2005 and added to Troutnut.com on May 25th, 2006.

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Drunella cornuta (Large Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Nymph from the Long Lake Branch of the White River in Wisconsin

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Recent Discussions of this Nymph

Drunella "lata" recently revised. 2 Replies »

Posted by Dsc1 on Oct 25, 2008

Last reply on Oct 26, 2008 by Troutnut

Dave Funk et al. (2008) just reestablished the species of D. cornuta and D. cornutella in a very elegant paper looking at morphological, biological, and molecular evidence. The three species are easily identifiable in New Hampshire. Your photos above seems to be of Drunella cornuta.

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