Keys to Mayflies - Clingers
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Identifying Characteristics of Clingers
Nymphs
1) Head is larger and wider than abdomen excluding gills
2) Body is very flat
3) Plate like gills on the side of the abdomen
Adults
1) Two sets of cubital intercalories.
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Mayfly Clinger Nymph
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Mayfly Clinger Wing |
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Illustration by Andy Cooper
| TABLE OF MAJOR MAYFLY CLINGERS HATCHES |
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Genera |
Species |
Common Name |
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| Heptageniidae |
Epeorus |
pleuralis |
Quill Gordon |
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Heptagenia |
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Light Cahill |
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Leucrocuta |
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Little Evening Sulphur |
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Rithrogena |
morrisoni |
Western March Brown |
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Stenonema |
vicarium |
American March Brown |
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