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.
This genus can get incredibly abundant especially below dams.This specimen shows the two sclerotized bars needed to identify it to genus. These usually curl up like this one when preserved.
This caddisfly was collected from the Flathead River-lower in Montana on June 12th, 2007 and added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26th, 2011.