**Mayfly Species Ecdyonurus simpliciodes (Western Ginger Quill)**

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Heptageniidae (March Browns, Cahills, Quill Gordons)

» Genus Ecdyonurus (Western Ginger Quills)

» Species simpliciodes (Western Ginger Quill)

Common Names

Match	Common Name
	Western Ginger Quill
	Gray Drake

This is an important Western hatch.

Where & When

Region: West

Time Of Year (?): Mid-July to late September

This is one of the most widely distributed of the former Heptagenia species in the West.

Hatching Behavior

The emergence is implied to be of some importance, but not much has been written about it in the books I've studied.

Spinner Behavior

Time Of Day: Evening, sometimes morning

The spinner fall is the most important activity of this species for the angler.

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Jargon Defined:

Emergence: The transformation of a nymph or pupa into the adult winged stage of an insect. The term may refer to the emergence of an individual, or the daily or yearly event in which all individuals of a species emerge.

Spinner: There are two winged stages of adult mayflies. They emerge from the water as duns, molt on land (usually) into their fully mature stage, spinners. As spinners, they mate, lay eggs, and die.

Useful References:

Arbona, Fred Jr. 1989. Mayflies, the Angler, and the Trout. Nick Lyons Books.

Knopp, Malcolm and Robert Cormier. 1997. Mayflies: An Angler's Study of Trout Water Ephemeroptera . The Lyons Press.