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

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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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Dorsal view of a Limnephilidae (Giant Sedges) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen resembled several others of around the same size and perhaps the same species, which were pretty common in my February sample from the upper Yakima. Unfortunately, I misplaced the specimen before I could get it under a microscope for a definitive ID.

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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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Finally my "Stenonema" section isn't empty

Stenonema femoratum (Cream Cahill) Mayfly Nymph

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Dorsal view of a Stenonema femoratum (Heptageniidae) (Cream Cahill) Mayfly Nymph from Mongaup Creek in New York

Collected May 5, 2007 from Mongaup Creek in New York

Added by Troutnut on May 18, 2007

Collected May 5, 2007 from Mongaup Creek in New York and added by Troutnut on May 18, 2007

Troutnut

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Troutnut on May 18, 2007May 18th, 2007, 7:49 am EDT

I've been looking for one of these for a while. After I realized that everything I was calling Stenonema had been renamed to Maccaffertium, the section for this once-popular genus was empty. Now with this one from a small stream in the Catskills I'm pretty sure I've got an actual Stenonema again.

I would welcome a verification from those of you with more entomological training, but it looks right to me.

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Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Quillgordon
Schuylkill County, PA.

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Quillgordon on May 20, 2007May 20th, 2007, 2:09 pm EDT

Is this insect in this genus solely based on its gill structure?
It seems odd that there is only one species in this new classification.
I think I have a specimen that was found on 5/18/07.

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Troutnut on May 20, 2007May 20th, 2007, 2:40 pm EDT

I don't know, but I doubt the gill structure is the entire reason for genus differentiation. It's probably just the most visible of many differences.

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Troutnut and salmonid ecologist