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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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This is a striking caddis larva with an interesting color pattern on the head. Here are some characteristics I was able to see under the microscope, but could not easily expose for a picture:
- The prosternal horn is present.
- The mandible is clearly toothed, not formed into a uniform scraper blade.
- The seems to be only 2 major setae on the ventral edge of the hind femur.
- Chloride epithelia seem to be absent from the dorsal side of any abdominal segments.
Based on these characteristics and the ones more easily visible from the pictures, this seems to be Grammotaulius. The key's description of the case is spot-on: "Case cylindrical, made of longitudinally arranged sedge or similar leaves," as is the description of the markings on the head, "Dorsum of head light brownish yellow with numerous discrete, small, dark spots." The spot pattern on the head is a very good match to figure 19.312 of Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019). The species ID is based on Grammotaulius betteni being the only species of this genus known in Washington state.
- The prosternal horn is present.
- The mandible is clearly toothed, not formed into a uniform scraper blade.
- The seems to be only 2 major setae on the ventral edge of the hind femur.
- Chloride epithelia seem to be absent from the dorsal side of any abdominal segments.
Based on these characteristics and the ones more easily visible from the pictures, this seems to be Grammotaulius. The key's description of the case is spot-on: "Case cylindrical, made of longitudinally arranged sedge or similar leaves," as is the description of the markings on the head, "Dorsum of head light brownish yellow with numerous discrete, small, dark spots." The spot pattern on the head is a very good match to figure 19.312 of Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019). The species ID is based on Grammotaulius betteni being the only species of this genus known in Washington state.
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Millcreek on Mar 8, 2015March 8th, 2015, 7:45 am EDT
The Russian River is starting to pick up in terms of critters. First is Epeorus longimanus, followed by a Siphlonurus sp. Last are a couple of Ameletus sp.
Any ideas about the specific name of the Siphlonurus sp. would be greatly appreciated.
Any ideas about the specific name of the Siphlonurus sp. would be greatly appreciated.
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Oldredbarn on Mar 17, 2015March 17th, 2015, 6:50 am EDT
Who said we haven't been visited by aliens?! Those first two are for sure visitors from somewhere else...It's not "The truth is out there", it's "The truth is hiding in our rivers"...:)
Spence
Nice photos! Thanks!
Spence
Nice photos! Thanks!
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
Millcreek on Mar 18, 2015March 18th, 2015, 10:12 am EDT
It's a good deal more likely that they see us as aliens. They've been around a good deal longer and probably look on us as the bipedal pinkies who periodically bother them.:)
You're welcome.
Nice photos! Thanks!
You're welcome.
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
Jmd123 on Mar 18, 2015March 18th, 2015, 6:25 pm EDT
Hey, Heptageniids are cool and they know it...
Nice photos of some very pretty creastures, once agin!
Jonathon
Nice photos of some very pretty creastures, once agin!
Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Oldredbarn on Mar 18, 2015March 18th, 2015, 9:27 pm EDT
It's a good deal more likely that they see us as aliens.
No doubt! :)
Spence
"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
"Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood
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Hansolo on Jun 4, 2016June 4th, 2016, 10:28 am EDT
Just bought house on Russian river. Love seeing mayflies hugging the doorframes in the early mornings. Reminds me of the east coast where I used to fly fish the Farmington and housatonic year-round.
When gardening I see insects in the dirt I've never seen before anywhere. They look like mayfly nymphs. They are anywhere from a millimeter to an inch long. They look like all-brown versions of Baetis nymphs, skinny, compact, perhaps 2 tails. They crawl over rocks, my planters, the dirt, anywhere.
Are there such things as terrestrial mayfly nymphs that live their entire lives close to rivers but on land?!?
If so, what variety are they? I want to create a ceramic address/nameplate at bottom of my driveway with a sketch of one of these things. Thanks.
When gardening I see insects in the dirt I've never seen before anywhere. They look like mayfly nymphs. They are anywhere from a millimeter to an inch long. They look like all-brown versions of Baetis nymphs, skinny, compact, perhaps 2 tails. They crawl over rocks, my planters, the dirt, anywhere.
Are there such things as terrestrial mayfly nymphs that live their entire lives close to rivers but on land?!?
If so, what variety are they? I want to create a ceramic address/nameplate at bottom of my driveway with a sketch of one of these things. Thanks.
Creno on Jun 4, 2016June 4th, 2016, 11:21 am EDT
Hansolo - my wife once said earwigs looked like mayfly nymphs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwig
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwig
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