Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

Blue-winged Olives
Baetis

Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.

Lone tree on a rock in the middle of Big Lake. Fittingly, Big Lake is the largest of several short wide spots in the upper Brule River.

From the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin

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Lateral view of a Psychodidae True Fly Larva from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington

This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.

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27" brown trout, my largest ever. It was the sub-dominant fish in its pool. After this, I hooked the bigger one, but I couldn't land it.

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Caddisfly Genus Neureclipsis (Little Red Twilight Sedges)

This genus is reported to be important on trout streams sometimes, but not often. The only species individually mentioned is not considered to be important.

Where & when

In 276 records from GBIF, adults of this genus have mostly been collected during June (24%), July (22%), May (19%), August (18%), and September (12%).

In 99 records from GBIF, this genus has been collected at elevations ranging from 3 to 4544 ft, with an average (median) of 1178 ft.

Genus Range

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Map of specific collection sites

Larva & pupa biology

Current speed: Slow

Shelter type: Nets

Gary LaFontaine describes the unique net arrangement of these larvae in Caddisflies:

The carnivorous larvae string their trumpet-shaped nets on debris and rooted plants poking up from the bottom. They arrange them vertically on the object, each net filtering its victims from one little slice of the water column.

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References

LaFontaine, Gary. 1981. Caddisflies. The Lyons Press.