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help identify this insect
Does anyone know what mayfly this is?
Picked it up off a Catskill stream this past Saturday.
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Re: help identify this insect
I believe that it is a Slate Drake " Isonychia bicolor also known as a Mahogany Dun"
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Re: help identify this insect
I don't thik it is a Slate Drake, this is a Slate Drake, notice the difference in the wings.
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Re: help identify this insect
I defintily think it is an ISO
Originally Posted by Trouser Trout
I don't thik it is a Slate Drake, this is a Slate Drake, notice the difference in the wings.
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Re: help identify this insect
tomfly, i think you're right.
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Re: help identify this insect
It can't be an Iso, it lacks light colored legs and veination in the wings. It is also a bit short from the pix to be an Iso as well as the other two variables missing. With its tails missing, it makes identification more difficult, but it is obviously in the imago (spinner) stage. Although I haven't reached for my field guide, this mayfly is likely one of the hundreds of smaller (quantity, not size) hatches we have in our streams that often go unnoticed by both the fish and the anglers.
A sinking fly is closer to Hell - Unknown
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Re: help identify this insect
Based on the scalloped hind wing (and the stubby body) it looks like a Baetisca (family Batiscidae).
Here is a link to them at troutnut.com:
http://www.troutnut.com/hatch/37/May...mored-Mayflies
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Re: help identify this insect
LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE Leptophlebia nebulosa
Pattern---Blue Dun
Body--- Dun/ Dk. Oliveish
Wing--- Dun
Legs/Hackle---Dk.Dun
Tails--- Dk. dun
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Re: help identify this insect
I don't think so. The rear wing on almost all leptophlebia/paraleptophlebia is oval/football shaped. The rear wing on this one is triangular. The Leptophlebiidae tend to be longer insects, this one is stubby. Originally Posted by sandfly
As Rusty Spinner pointed out, lacking tails makes identification difficult.
The guess of Baetisca seems like a good one, except the fore legs are too long, I think.
Bob
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Re: help identify this insect
You got allergies too? God bless you. Originally Posted by sandfly
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Size 16 Adams CDC Comparadun...all you need to know
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Re: help identify this insect
Yes, I sure do. jmoore and redeitz are absolutely correct. It is a Baetisca male imago, either B. berneri or B. carolina, as they are the only Baetisca species known from PA. With regard to redeitz's concern about the length of the forelegs, the one he probably saw on TroutNut.com was a female imago. However, the male imago has greatly extended forelegs, just like those in the above photo. Originally Posted by chromefinder
Does anyone know what mayfly this is?
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