**Mayfly Species Leptophlebia nebulosa (Borcher Drake)**

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Leptophlebiidae (Blue Quills and Mahogany Duns)

» Genus Leptophlebia (Black Quills and Blue Quills)

» Species nebulosa (Borcher Drake)

Common Names

Match	Common Name
	Borcher Drake
	Whirling Dun
	Black Quill
	Western Black Quill
	Early Black Quill
	Early Brown Quill
	Early Brown Spinner
	Black Gnat
	Early Black Quill

Where & When

Regions: East, Midwest, West

Time Of Year (?): Early May through mid-June in Michigan; unknown elsewhere

This widely distributed but uncommon species generally hatches earlier than Leptophlebia cupida and is even more attracted to slow water.

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Steamntrout

Posted by Steamntrout on Jun 14, 2017

Looking at Purdue's May Fly Central it shows nebulosa being found in Canada's Far North, North East and North West as well as USA's North East, South East & Far West.

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Mayfly Species Leptophlebia nebulosa (Borcher Drake)

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**Mayfly Species Leptophlebia nebulosa (Borcher Drake)**