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WA Mayfly Description


Taxonomic Name
(Common Name)
Larva (Nymph)Subimago (Dun)
Imago (Spinner)
Leptohyphidae
(Little Stout Crawler Mayfly)
Enlarged 2nd gill.  


Taxonomic Name
(Common Name)
Larva (Nymph)Subimago (Dun)
Imago (Spinner)
Tricorythodes
(Trico; Tiny White-winged Black; White-winged Curse. )
larva (nymph)

Copyright © 2002 Jason Neuswanger

imago (spinner) - male

Copyright © 2011 Ty Fitzmorris

TricorythodesBody tan to dark brown w/light banding; large triangular (sometimes rounded) gills on the second segment of abdomen covering the remaining gills; 3 tails w/middle tail longer; hatches before daylight. Dun body (male) dark brown or black, (female) light green to pale gray; wings gray; legs; whitish gray; 3 tails (m) 2x body length, (f) 1x body length.
Tricorythodes explicatus  

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