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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.

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Mayfly Genus Afghanurus

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Specimens of the Mayfly Genus Afghanurus

1 Male Dun

Male Afghanurus inconspicua Mayfly Dun

13 Pictures

This pretty little dun was part of a sparse midsummer evening hatch on a large Catskill river.

I could not identify it by following a species key step by step, but I tentatively keyed it to the genus Nixe, and based on distribution maps and physical descriptions the most likely species is Nixe inconspicua. (Edit in 2023: this species was recently moved from Nixe into Afghanurus.)

Collected July 13, 2005 from the East Branch of the Delaware River in New York

Added by Troutnut on April 14, 2006