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WA Mayfly Description


Taxonomic Name
(Common Name)
Larva (Nymph)Subimago (Dun)
Imago (Spinner)
Baetidae
(Small Minnow Mayfly)
Labrum w/ notch in midline; body streamlined; head vertically oriented; antennae usually longer than 2x head; round or oval platelike gills; all claws of similar size and shape; 2 or 3 tails. 2 tails; FW w/short single or double detached intercalaries, minute (or no) hind wings; eyes of male on stalks.


Taxonomic Name
(Common Name)
Larva (Nymph)Subimago (Dun)
Imago (Spinner)
Callibaetis
(Gray Quill; Speckle-winged Dun; Speckled Dun; Speckle-winged Quill; Dark Specklewingd Quill; Speckle-winged Spinner. )
mature larva (nymph) - female

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subimago (dun) - male

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subimago (dun) - female

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imago (spinner) - male

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imago (spinner) - female

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CallibaetisSmall, recurved flap gills on abdominal segments 1-4 or 1-7; 3 fringed tails of equal length with interlocking hairs. Minute hind wing with an obtuse costal angulation and numerous crossveins.
Callibaetis ferrugineus hageni
(Little Speckle-winged Quill; Medium Speckle-winged Dun; Pale Speckle-winged Olive; Speckled Spinner; Speckle-winged Dun; Speckle-winged Spinner. )
  
 Heavy tracheation; body mottled medium brown w/dark markings; gills pale yellowish brown. Body: dark olive/light cheamish tan Wings: dark gray brown w/white veination Length: 10-6 mm as season progresses. Tails: 2 Emergence: May-Oct.
Callibaetis fluctuans
(Pale Speckle-winged Dun. )
  
 Body: mottled light brown w/ delicate median stripe; gills pale yellowish brown. Body: dark olive/light cheamish tan Wings: dark gray brown w/white veination Length: 10-6 mm as season progresses. Tails: 2 Emergence: May-Oct.
Callibaetis pictus
(Medium Speckle-winged Quill. )
  
 Body: pale brownish mottled w/brown; gills pale yellowish brown. .

State of Washington distribution is based on:
Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of the far western United States (Part I: Washington) by M. D. Meyer & W. P. McCafferty,
and augmented by A DNA Barcode Library for North American Ephemeroptera: etc. by Webb, Jacobus, Funk, et. al.  

Created: 08/16/2013   Last modified: 12/07/2014    www.FlyfishingEntomology.com