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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) » Furcatergalia » Pronggilled Mayflies (Leptophlebiidae) » Leptophlebia » Early Brown Spinner (Leptophlebia cupida)
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Early Brown Spinner Mayfly - Leptophlebia cupida - male
Copyright © 2004 Tony DiTerlizzi

Early Brown Spinner Mayfly - Leptophlebia cupida - Male
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
April 30, 2004
Found on a Hemlock tree in our yard. I guess May IS officially here.
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Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 2 May, 2004 - 9:43pm
Last updated 13 October, 2005 - 4:53am

Very nice photo
Very nice photo.
Family: Leptophlebiidae
Genus: Leptophlebia
Species: (likely) cupida
Life stage: imago
Sex: male
Common name: Early Brown Spinner

Middle tail is much weaker, and slightly less than half as long as the outer two. Fore legs are dark, middle and hind legs are light. Fore wings are hyaline, lightly washed w/brown in stigmatic area.

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… Roger Rohrbeck, 13 October, 2005 - 2:18am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Roger,
I don't know much on mayflies, so your help is reeeeeally appreciated:)
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 13 October, 2005 - 4:53am login or register to post comments

Ephemerella NOT
"A male imago of Ephemerella (subgenus Drunella) (Ephemerellidae: Ephemerellinae)". Missed this one by a long shot, the length of the front legs should have been the tip off. Sorry 'bout that.
… Kerry S. Matz, 25 March, 2005 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

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