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4.14.07 Mayfly ID
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Matt Grobert
6/0 Olive Danville
Re: 4.14.07 Report
Steve:
How big was it? It looks like there are two sets of the same size wings - look at the thorax there are two places where the wings connect. The wings also curve inward in the middle of the back edge...........and the head does not look like a mayfly - it has antennae. Probably not a mayfly.....
Steve:
How big was it? It looks like there are two sets of the same size wings - look at the thorax there are two places where the wings connect. The wings also curve inward in the middle of the back edge...........and the head does not look like a mayfly - it has antennae. Probably not a mayfly.....
Tight Louper
Just finished a River Runs Through it!
Re: 4.14.07 Report
Did you say you took that photo at the Ken Lockwood Gallapogos?
Looks like the general shape of a mayfly but, Matt, like you said, the head doesn't look like a mayfly, it looks like a little stonefly head.
Did you say you took that photo at the Ken Lockwood Gallapogos?
Quill gordon
Flyfishing isn't a sport, its a state of mind !
Re: 4.14.07 Report
Yellow stonefly......... Perlodidae............
maybe isoperla (yellow sallie)
Yellow stonefly......... Perlodidae............
maybe isoperla (yellow sallie)
sstasiak
Super Pupa
Re: 4.14.07 Report
Thanks....I did see small stonefly nymph shucks on the rocks, but they looked small...but there were small black stoneflies around too.
What's the deal with the wings though? Don't stoneflies have wings that lay flush against the body?
Thanks....I did see small stonefly nymph shucks on the rocks, but they looked small...but there were small black stoneflies around too.
What's the deal with the wings though? Don't stoneflies have wings that lay flush against the body?
Quill gordon
Flyfishing isn't a sport, its a state of mind !
Re: 4.14.07 Report
1. Yes that is normally true. That left extension may actually be part of the lower(underneath wing); giving an optical illusion!
2. Not all insects are perfect.
3. Head, antenna, thorax indicate a 'stone'.
IMHO.......
* its always best to take more than one photo.... :dizzy:
** thanks for the photo!
1. Yes that is normally true. That left extension may actually be part of the lower(underneath wing); giving an optical illusion!
2. Not all insects are perfect.
3. Head, antenna, thorax indicate a 'stone'.
IMHO.......
* its always best to take more than one photo.... :dizzy:
** thanks for the photo!
dcabarle
Administrator
Re: 4.14.07 Report
I agree but, the wings don't indicate stonefly at all. Take a look at stonefly wings, they are heavily veined. These wings are a flat color. The cross veins in these wings are like a mayflies. The head on the other hand...
2. Not all insects are perfect.
3. Head, antenna, thorax indicate a 'stone'.
IMHO.......
* its always best to take more than one photo.... :dizzy:
** thanks for the photo!
I agree but, the wings don't indicate stonefly at all. Take a look at stonefly wings, they are heavily veined. These wings are a flat color. The cross veins in these wings are like a mayflies. The head on the other hand...
quality time
Just finished a River Runs Through it!
Shape seems off for a stone to me. Thinking a little out of the box, how about an early alderfly? They have smoothe clear wings, antennea and a stonefly-like head.
Matt Grobert
6/0 Olive Danville
I just heard back from Thomas Ames, one of the Easts' fly fishing bug experts.
He said it is a freshly hatched stonefly...probably a little yellow or little sepia. The wings will harden and shrink to fit nicely over the abdomen of the fly. He said they do this in about an hour. Unless you see them right after hatching, you will miss this brief stage.
In all the years I have seen stoneflies, I have never seen them in this state. I guess I should have gone with my first instinct. We never stop learning in this life, do we?
Thanks Steve. :applaudit
Matt ><)))))'>
He said it is a freshly hatched stonefly...probably a little yellow or little sepia. The wings will harden and shrink to fit nicely over the abdomen of the fly. He said they do this in about an hour. Unless you see them right after hatching, you will miss this brief stage.
In all the years I have seen stoneflies, I have never seen them in this state. I guess I should have gone with my first instinct. We never stop learning in this life, do we?
Thanks Steve. :applaudit
Matt ><)))))'>
Quill gordon
Flyfishing isn't a sport, its a state of mind !
Matt,
Thank you for the follow-up!
Sometimes after a few good photos, there still may be questions about an idenity!
* I need a digital camera.............. :dizzy:
Qg.
Thank you for the follow-up!
Sometimes after a few good photos, there still may be questions about an idenity!
* I need a digital camera.............. :dizzy:
Qg.
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