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Dark Cahill

Stenonema femoratum (Say, 1823)

Status not recordedinsects

The dark cahill (Stenonema femoratum) is a species in the family Heptageniidae, order Ephemeroptera.

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Quick facts about the dark cahill

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dark cahill live?

Not recorded

Is the dark cahill endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dark cahill classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderEphemeroptera
  5. familyHeptageniidae
  6. genusStenonema
  7. SpeciesStenonema femoratum (Say, 1823)

Synonyms Baetis femorata, Ecdyonurus femoratus, Ecdyonurus tripunctatus, Heptagenia femorata, Heptagenia tripunctata, Siphlurus femoratus, Stenonema birdi, Stenonema scitulum, Stenonema tripunctatum, Stenonema tripunctatum scitulum, Stenonema tripunctatum tripunctatum

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Cream CahillEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dark cahill

Other species in the same family Heptageniidae.

Light Cahill

Stenacron interpunctatum

HeptageniidaeNo free photo yet

Quill Gordon

Epeorus pleuralis

HeptageniidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the dark cahill?

The dark cahill (Stenonema femoratum) belongs to the family Heptageniidae in the order Ephemeroptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dark Cahill (Stenonema femoratum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-cahill

MLA

“Dark Cahill (Stenonema femoratum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-cahill.

BibTeX
@misc{dark_cahill_2026,
  title = {Dark Cahill (Stenonema femoratum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-cahill},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}