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Wiflyfisher	August 11th, 2007, 11:25 am
Wisconsin Posts: 663	Konchu & Taxon... small, green-eye mayfly dun, 1/4" long body length. What is it?
	John S. https://WiFlyFisher.com
Konchu	August 11th, 2007, 12:25 pm
Site Editor Indiana Posts: 505	Leucrocuta?
Wiflyfisher	August 11th, 2007, 1:40 pm
Wisconsin Posts: 663	okay Thank you! Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill). Although it looks darker than the one's Jason has on the web site, but probably from the same trout stream.
	John S. https://WiFlyFisher.com
Taxon	August 11th, 2007, 2:49 pm
Site Editor Royse City, TX Posts: 1350	John- Konchu nailed it, for sure, but I’ll try to contribute something by posting one of Jason’s photos to which you referred, when you mentioned that yours was darker, but probably from the same trout stream. Wisconsin has two species of Leucrocuta, L. hebe, and L. maculipennis, and based on their respective descriptions, it could be either. Both are referred to in earlier literature by genus name Heptagenia.
	Best regards, Roger Rohrbeck www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
Martinlf	August 11th, 2007, 5:43 pm
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 3233	This is timely, I saw one of these today. It floated down to me, dead?? on a small spring creek.
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell
Konchu	August 12th, 2007, 8:27 am
Site Editor Indiana Posts: 505	The species IDs in this genus are tough now. Some of the names aren't tied down real well to morphotypes. So be careful... Wiflyfisher, did you save the specimen you photographed?
Wiflyfisher	August 12th, 2007, 8:30 am
Wisconsin Posts: 663	Yes, I saved it but it is all dried up and I don't remember which small sample bug box I put him in. ;)
	John S. https://WiFlyFisher.com
Wiflyfisher	August 12th, 2007, 8:33 am
Wisconsin Posts: 663	Heptagenia mayflies I have seen over the years on this same river were a more pale yellow. I might have mistaken it for something else now that I see Jason's photos.
	John S. https://WiFlyFisher.com

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