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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 Glossosoma (Glossosomatidae) (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington
I caught this tiny larva without a case, but it seems to key pretty clearly to to Glossosomatidae. From there, the lack of sclerites on the mesonotum points to either Glossosoma or Anagapetus. Although it's difficult to see in a 2D image from the microscope, it's pretty clear in the live 3D view that the pronotum is only excised about 1/3 of its length to accommodate the forecoxa, not 2/3, which points to Glossosoma at Couplet 5 of the Key to Genera of Glossosomatidae Larvae.
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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LowBudget has attached these 3 pictures to aid in identification. The message is below.
Body length (excluding tail) is 10 mm.
The coloration of the dun's wings gets left behind in its exuvia.
The background for this image is a blue post-it note.
Adult/spinner
LowBudget
Afton, NY

Posts: 25
LowBudget on Apr 12, 2014April 12th, 2014, 4:16 am EDT
I had a couple of mayflies hatch in an aquarium. I had thought that I only had some stoneflies and beetle larvae in it but lo and behold.....

Any help in identifying these would be appreciated.

The larvae were collected from Trout Creek, a tributary of the West Branch of the Delaware River, located in Delaware County, New York.

Thank you

Ed
Ed
Low Budget Fly Tying and Fishing author of "Behind the Fly"
http://edengelman.com/BTF.html
LowBudget
Afton, NY

Posts: 25
LowBudget on Apr 12, 2014April 12th, 2014, 10:16 am EDT
I have also posted the images on a Flickr page

https://www.flickr.com/photos/107447394@N07/sets/72157643851914463/

Ed
Ed
Low Budget Fly Tying and Fishing author of "Behind the Fly"
http://edengelman.com/BTF.html
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Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on Apr 12, 2014April 12th, 2014, 12:29 pm EDT
Looks like a female Ephemerella subvaria to me. Although 10mm is a little small.
LowBudget
Afton, NY

Posts: 25
LowBudget on Apr 12, 2014April 12th, 2014, 4:09 pm EDT
Thank you

Ed
Ed
Low Budget Fly Tying and Fishing author of "Behind the Fly"
http://edengelman.com/BTF.html

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