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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Furcatergalia » Pronggilled Mayflies (Leptophlebiidae) » Leptophlebia » Early Brown Spinner (Leptophlebia cupida)

Species Leptophlebia cupida - Early Brown Spinner

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Works Cited
Blackish Mayfly - Leptophlebia cupida Leptophlebia sp? redux - Leptophlebia cupida - male Leptophlebia cupida - female Callibaetis? - Leptophlebia cupida Mayfly from 127 Mile - Leptophlebia cupida Large Ephemeroptera - Leptophlebia cupida Possible Leptophlebia - Leptophlebia cupida Possible Leptophlebia - Leptophlebia cupida
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Suborder Furcatergalia
Family Leptophlebiidae (Pronggilled Mayflies)
Genus Leptophlebia
Species cupida (Early Brown Spinner)
Other Common Names
Black Quill
Explanation of Names
Leptophlebia cupida (Say 1823)
Size
8-16 mm
Identification
Rusty red to dark brown, fore legs dark and other legs light, brownish wings, short middle tail, and small hindwing that sticks outward.
Range
across Canada, n. & e. US(1) map(2)
Season
Spring
Works Cited
1.Mayfly Central
2.Rohrbeck R. (2004-2014) Flyfishing entomology
Contributed by tom murray on 9 October, 2005 - 6:06pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2014 - 4:39pm

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