Hex Mayflies
Hexagenia limbata
The famous nocturnal Hex hatch of the Midwest (and a few other lucky locations) stirs to the surface mythically large brown trout that only touch streamers for the rest of the year.
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This is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).
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Avinaash
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Avinaash on Feb 20, 2018February 20th, 2018, 4:10 pm EST
just starting my research on these
Taxon on Feb 20, 2018February 20th, 2018, 10:28 pm EST
Hi there, Avinaash. Please introduce yourself and let us know where you are from.
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