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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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Byhaugh
Hawaii

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Byhaugh on Apr 22, 2014April 22nd, 2014, 11:58 am EDT
This is the photo.
Thanks!

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Byhaugh
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Byhaugh on Apr 23, 2014April 23rd, 2014, 10:11 am EDT
Sorry,
I know it would help to have a better photo, but this is the best I can do.
Surely someone can suggest an identification?

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Taxon on Apr 23, 2014April 23rd, 2014, 1:31 pm EDT
Hi Mack,

Although I also believe to be of family Baetidae, it doesn't have the hind wing profile I would associate with it being of genus Callibaetis.
Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
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Entoman on Apr 23, 2014April 23rd, 2014, 6:02 pm EDT
Roger is right, IMO. Where & when was this fly collected? Size?
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Byhaugh
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Byhaugh on Apr 24, 2014April 24th, 2014, 5:22 am EDT
Here is another (better) picture


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Entoman on Apr 24, 2014April 24th, 2014, 3:44 pm EDT
Hi Byron,

The latest photo is of a mayfly in an entirely different family from your first one. Do you have answers to my questions posted above?
"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman
Byhaugh
Hawaii

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Byhaugh on Apr 24, 2014April 24th, 2014, 4:45 pm EDT
Ento,
I know, but it also is up for identification. Pic. Is a mayfly from Argentina.
Given its speckled nature and that it is from a lake I thought Calibaetis. But it has large hind wings. Could it be related to the Calibaetis??
Thanks

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