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 one pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this ID.
I believe this may be the dun from my previous post, but would like some clarification. The netting that you see is actually from my landing net.the spacing across three holes in the landing net is 11.74mm. not sure if the first pic is fully emerged
Entoman on Jul 10, 2013July 10th, 2013, 10:42 pm EDT
Hi Fred,
Now that is the way Callibaetis (Speckled Duns) usually look. Fairly confident it is C. ferrugineus hageni. The clear wings on your earlier topic's specimen made me cautious but I have no doubts about this one. Is it the same species? Most likely, as the male spinners can have clear wings without the blotches normally associated with this genus. Its nymphs are very good swimmers and actively dart around in the weeds prior to and during hatching. They are a favorite trout food and by far our most important western stillwater mayfly.
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