Hex Mayflies
Hexagenia limbata
The famous nocturnal Hex hatch of the Midwest (and a few other lucky locations) stirs to the surface mythically large brown trout that only touch streamers for the rest of the year.
Mayfly Species Paraleptophlebia brunneipennis
Species Range
Physical description
Most physical descriptions on Troutnut are direct or slightly edited quotes from the original scientific sources describing or updating the species, although there may be errors in copying them to this website. Such descriptions aren't always definitive, because species often turn out to be more variable than the original describers observed. In some cases, only a single specimen was described! However, they are useful starting points.
Male Spinner
Wing length: 8 mm
A dark reddish brown species with amber wings.
Head and thorax blackish. Fore legs deep blackish brown, the tarsi somewhat paler. Femora of middle and hind legs brown; tibiae somewhat paler, more golden brown. Wings unicolorous deep amber; cross veins very numerous. About 14 costal cross veins before the bulla, and 23 or more beyond it; many of the latter are anastomosed.
Abdomen deep reddish brown, the last sternite and the forceps base blackish. Forceps paler brown. Penes united only at the extreme base, long and slender and bent outwards slightly at the tip; appear distinctly U-shaped (see fig. 135). Tails pale smoky brown.
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References
- Needham, James G., Jay R. Traver, and Yin-Chi Hsu. 1935. The Biology of Mayflies. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc.
Mayfly Species Paraleptophlebia brunneipennis
Species Range
Resources
- NatureServe
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Described by McDunnough (1924)