Mayfly ID...

[Dizzy]

Smallish, med-yellow colored mayfly (about size 20), 2-tails, no hind wings (that I can see). Hatch about the same time (early-mid May) as the sulfurs (ephemerella's) on all of the local streams in the Lehigh Valley (limestone & freestone). Not an intense hatch, but steady and the fish do take them... usually occuring in the late afternoon (4-7 pm).

I've been labeling them as pseudocloeons but the body color doesn't seem to hold up to anything I read on them. Could they be baetis and I'm just missing the tiny hind wings?

I have to start carrying a magnifying glass.

 

[JOE.T]

No Hind wings and 2 tails sure sounds like pseudo's to me.

I have seen them in differnent colors as well.Color helps but the wings and tails tell the story.Good idea to use a mag glass,if theres no hind wing's than there most probably Pseuodos.


The Baetis have small dwarfed hind wings.

 

[JasonN]

The hind wings on Baetis flies *are* really tiny and hard to see, especially on the smaller species. I'd suggest the magnifying glass. If there really are no hind wings I'd guess Pseudocloeon (now reclassified as Plauditus) or Cloeon... I think the difference is in the wing venation.

 

[jmoore]

reclassification

I thought that the Pseudocloen carolina was reclassified as Acentrella turbida?

 

[JOE.T]

I believe since P. carolina was changed to Acentrella Turbida and it was P. Anoka that was changed to Plauditus Punctiventris.

The genera Pseudocloeon has be reclassified into DIFFERENT generas sucha Baetis , Acentrella, Plauditus as well as some smaller generas such as Apobaetis,Barbaetis and Paraclodes.The names are always changing as well as reclassification.

Ill stick with Pseudos since its common and more practical .


Driftin I noticed that you "tilted" the species and not the genera since thats how a proffesional writer or entomologist would do it.

 

[fcch]

Mom, ... these guys are good.

I can seem to id "bugs" into the following:

• Bugs that bite me
• Bugs that fly (flew)
• Bugs that swim
• Bugs that seem to be flopping about on the surface

(G*D, I'm glad I don't have to match the hatch up here...)

 

[jmoore]

tilted

Joe,

Yeah, I put the species in italics... that's just the way I was taught to do it. No, I'm not an entomologist. I wish. It would be great to get paid to look at bugs.

 

[JOE.T]

Italics

Thanks I knew there had to be a fancy name for "tilted" Yeah it would be nice to get paid to study little buggies

 

[serotonin]

Are you guys talking about "Entomology" or "Etymology"?
huh?......

Doesn't matter... I'm no expert in either.
I'm just worried about my Waders.

Here is my Predicament:
My regular stocking-feet and boots are frozen in my truck.
I haven't worn my boot-foot neoprenes since last winter, and I KNOW they've got some leaks.

This problem would be no big deal, if i didn't have to go fishing in a few hours.

See what I mean?

The thing is....... I won't see a "bug", nor hear a "word", while i'm there;
italics, or otherwise.




Q: Why does fishin' with frozen toes blow?
A: 'Cause the fish ain't interested in frozen toes!

Cheers...
- "tilted" Steve.
http://www.troutball.com/songs/Neoprene_Waders.mp3


Merry Christmas y'all!

 

[Future Fanatic]

Jeepers Serotonin, going fishing again... the problems just keep coming for you don't they. Next thing you'll be telling us is that you are having a problem because you can't keep the two pounders off of your hook because they are keeping the four pounders from taking your fly. I have a bucket of rock salt some where here by the door if you'd like to push some of it into our wounds...


John

 

[serotonin]

I could use the salt to weigh my truck down.
I keep throwin' the fish back in the river, and all that weight is a'goin' to waste.

Meanwhile, the fish are comin' great;
but the money's not.

It's the price ya gotta pay; if you choose to.

Can't say for certain what will become of me...