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Mayfly Family Heptageniidae (March Browns, Cahills, Quill Gordons)

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» Family Heptageniidae (March Browns, Cahills, Quill Gordons)
Genus in HeptageniidaeNumber of SpecimensNumber of Pictures
CinygmaWestern Light Cahills00
CinygmulaDark Red Quills00
EcdyonurusWestern Ginger Quills00
EpeorusLittle Maryatts09
Heptagenia00
Ironodes00
Leucrocuta00
MaccaffertiumMarch Browns and Cahills01
Nixe00
Rhithrogena00
StenacronLight Cahills00
Stenonema00

4 genera aren't included.
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This is page 5 of specimens of Heptageniidae. Visit the main Heptageniidae page for:

  • The behavior and habitat of Heptageniidae.
  • 11 underwater pictures of Heptageniidae.

Pictures of 215 Mayfly Specimens in the Family Heptageniidae:

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Female Maccaffertium vicarium (March Brown) Mayfly DunFemale Maccaffertium vicarium (March Brown) Mayfly Dun View 6 PicturesHere's a classic March Brown dun from the Catskills.
Collected May 20, 2007 from the Neversink River in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 21, 2007
Female Maccaffertium pudicum Mayfly SpinnerFemale Maccaffertium pudicum  Mayfly Spinner View 6 PicturesThis one may look a bit strange, because one of her main wings came off in my container.
Collected May 28, 2007 from Mystery Creek #42 in Pennsylvania
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 4, 2007
Female Cinygmula ramaleyi (Small Western Gordon Quill) Mayfly DunFemale Cinygmula ramaleyi (Small Western Gordon Quill) Mayfly Dun View 7 PicturesThis dun is almost certainly of the same species as this nymph, as it hatched in my cooler from a nearly identical nymph.
Collected July 10, 2011 from Nome Creek in Alaska
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 13, 2011
Female Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill) Mayfly DunFemale Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill) Mayfly Dun View 9 PicturesI found this dun on the same piece of stream as a similar spinner, probably of the same species.
Collected September 19, 2006 from Mystery Creek #43 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on October 4, 2006
Cinygmula (Dark Red Quills) Mayfly NymphCinygmula (Dark Red Quills) Mayfly Nymph View 7 PicturesThis very strange nymph appears to be undoubtedly Cinygmula, yet it lacks the telltale protruding mouthparts that usually make that genus so easy to identify.
Collected July 17, 2011 from the Gulkana River in Alaska
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 20, 2011
Male Epeorus frisoni Mayfly DunMale Epeorus frisoni  Mayfly Dun View 9 PicturesI collected this male dun together with a female spinner, a female dun, and another male dun.
Collected September 6, 2006 from Mystery Creek #23 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on October 3, 2006
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