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The Specimen

Maccaffertium mediopunctatum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly NymphMaccaffertium mediopunctatum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly NymphView 9 PicturesThis specimen seems to be of the same species as a dun I photographed which emerged from another nymph in the same sample.
Region: Poconos
Collected May 29, 2007
Added Jun 4, 2007

The Discussion

QuillgordonJune 5th, 2007, 1:40 pm
Schuylkill County, PA.

Posts: 97
This is the same specimen that I collected from a stream nearby.
Can anyone tell me the history( name basis) for this insect ?
Is it common across the country?

Thanks....
Flyfishing is a state of mind! .............. Q.g.

C/R........barbless
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