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Arthropod Class Insecta (Insects)

Mayflies

Caddisflies

Stoneflies

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

Order in Insecta
ColeopteraBeetles	0	1
DipteraTrue Flies	0	9
EphemeropteraMayflies	0	67
HemipteraTrue Bugs	0	7
HymenopteraAnts, Bees, and Wasps	0	0
LepidopteraMoths	0	0
MegalopteraHellgrammites, Dobsonflies, and Alderflies	0	0
Odonata-AnisopteraDragonflies	0	0
Odonata-ZygopteraDamselflies	0	0
OrthopteraGrasshoppers and Crickets	0	0
PlecopteraStoneflies	0	6
Psocodea	0	0
TrichopteraCaddisflies	0	55

1 order isn't included.

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Female Maccaffertium ithaca (Light Cahill) Mayfly Dun

View 10 PicturesThis female looks very much like a male I collected a few hundred miles away a few days later, so I'm guessing it's the same species, which I believe is Maccaffertium mediopunctatum.

Collected May 23, 2007 from the Little Juniata River in Pennsylvania
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 4, 2007

Male Maccaffertium vicarium (March Brown) Mayfly Dun

View 10 PicturesI collected this mayfly on the same trip as a female of the same species. After these photos it molted into a spinner. This is the form of Maccaffertium vicarium which anglers call the "Gray Fox."

Collected May 28, 2005 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 24, 2006

Pteronarcys dorsata (Giant Black Stonefly) Stonefly Nymph

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Collected January 13, 2004 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Paragnetina (Golden Stones) Stonefly Adult

View 10 PicturesUnfortunately I forgot to photograph this one next to the ruler, but I seem to remember it being on the small side for a Perlid, maybe around 2cm.

Collected May 6, 2007 from Aquarium in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 18, 2007

Female Hexagenia atrocaudata (Late Hex) Mayfly Dun

View 14 PicturesI found this lone Hexagenia atrocaudata dun fluttering by herself on the surface of a small, still stretch of river one evening as I paddled home from fishing for smallmouths in the warm August weather.

Collected August 5, 2005 from the Teal River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on April 14, 2006

Siphlonurus quebecensis (Gray Drake) Mayfly Nymph

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Collected May 13, 2007 from the Delaware River in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 18, 2007

Acroneuria abnormis (Golden Stone) Stonefly Nymph

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Collected May 29, 2007 from Paradise Creek in Pennsylvania
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 4, 2007

Male Epeorus (Little Maryatts) Mayfly Spinner

View 10 PicturesI collected a female dun on the same day that probably belongs to the same species as this spinner.

Collected May 15, 2007 from Enfield Creek in Treman Park in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 18, 2007

Male Nigronia serricornis (Fishfly) Hellgrammite Adult

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Collected May 29, 2007 from Brodhead Creek in Pennsylvania
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 4, 2007

Male Epeorus pleuralis (Quill Gordon) Mayfly Spinner

View 10 PicturesA few days earlier I photographed this same specimen as a dun. The changes between dun and spinner seem particularly dramatic in this species.

Collected April 30, 2007 from Dresserville Creek in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 3, 2007

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Jargon Defined:

Dun: 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.

Spinner: There are two winged stages of adult mayflies. They emerge from the water as duns, molt on land (usually) into their fully mature stage, spinners. As spinners, they mate, lay eggs, and die.