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If Konchu has concocted such a beverage, I hope he'll keep the recipe a secret. I imagine the instructions begin with "Select a large female Ephemera or Hexagenia imago, place her on the surface of a mug of hot water, and cut off her head...." ;) (A bit of an inside joke for a bit of an inside thread.)

My wife's dun 'n Coke recipe is available in the Midwest/Great Lakes hatch reports anyone? thread.

Hmmm...well, if we're counting accidental concoctions, I'll admit to partaking of a canned soda/bee combination on more than one occasion. (Your wife's "dun dunking" was accidental, wasn't it?) And my wife once drank a moth with her Pepsi. But I don't think that counts because the moth escaped and flew away when she gagged at the strange sensation of something fluttering behind her teeth.

For the truly diehard bug-eaters out there, Rick Hafele reports that lightly sauteed damselfly nymphs are tasty. And my cousin (a former Army Ranger) used to delight in eating bugs on a bet. :)

Bringing this back on topic:

Troutnut, how long does your tricaudatus hatch last?

Is it continuous for most of the season, or are there distinct phases to it?

I don't know. To be honest, these are the first specimens I've caught which I could be reasonably certain belonged to tricaudatus. Most of the Baetids I photographed later in the season turned out to belong to other genera.

That doesn't mean there aren't multiple important tricaudatus broods around here -- I just haven't been in any one place long enough yet to track the local hatches in any detail.

Thanks for your honesty, troutnut.

Does anyone from western North America have perspective on their local tricaudatus hatches?