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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.

Dorsal view of a Ephemerella mucronata (Ephemerellidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
This is an interesting one. Following the keys in Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019) and Jacobus et al. (2014), it keys clearly to Ephemerella. Jacobus et al provide a key to species, but some of the characteristics are tricky to interpret without illustrations. If I didn't make any mistakes, this one keys to Ephemerella mucronata, which has not previously been reported any closer to here than Montana and Alberta. The main character seems to fit well: "Abdominal terga with prominent, paired, subparallel, spiculate ridges." Several illustrations or descriptions of this holarctic species from the US and Europe seem to match, including the body length, tarsal claws and denticles, labial palp, and gill shapes. These sources include including Richard Allen's original description of this species in North America under the now-defunct name E. moffatae in Allen RK (1977) and the figures in this description of the species in Italy.
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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Heptagenia culacantha imago from the Susquehanna River.
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Crepuscular on Feb 8, 2012February 8th, 2012, 3:10 am EST
I tried to post this in another thread but it did not work.
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PaulRoberts on Feb 8, 2012February 8th, 2012, 5:55 am EST
Wow! Pretty thing it is.
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Entoman on Feb 8, 2012February 8th, 2012, 9:06 am EST
Crepuscular -

Could you email that photo to me as an attachment? It's a great photo and I'd love to put it on the hatch page if that's OK with you.
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Gutcutter on Feb 9, 2012February 9th, 2012, 4:07 pm EST
Now, that's a beautiful bug
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