Small Spurwing - Centroptilum luteolum
This species has two tails. The hind wing is very small and strap like with a pointed tip. The thorax area is brown, but the brown of the abdomen is sometimes reduced to a faded greyish shade in parts.
The larva has three tails of equal length and gills that have a pointed tip and look like the shape of beech leaves.
Breeds in stony streams and lake margins.
April to November.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
24 July 2013
specimen examined
David Nicholls
Lea Meadows
22 May 2015
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
18 August 2012
female - specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - mayfly (Ephemeroptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Ephemeroptera
- Family:
- Baetidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 18/08/2012 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 22/05/2015 (Nicholls, David)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
24 July 2013
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
24 July 2013
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
18 August 2012
female - specimen examined
