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Description:

Perhaps Baetidae?

1 Species ID Suggestions

Mayflies or shadflies
Ephemeroptera


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7 Comments

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

You are welcome. I took a fly fishing class, but do not have the heart to put a hook on the line. Best part of the class was the intricacy of how to make flies :)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Fantastic, thank you very much Gatorfellows! I can't believe the trout fly making site has such good photos for identification! Baetis looks very similar, I will check it out. Thank you so much!

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

Check Female Baetis (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun Pictures
http://www.troutnut.com/specimen/491

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

Here is address to the photos I was using for my suggestion - maybe you can look around at the other examples for a match:
Female Epeorus vitreus (Sulphur) Mayfly Spinner Pictures
http://www.troutnut.com/specimen/639

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

I did not think it was a perfect match - still having trouble with photos as examples for comparison. The heads of the other Flatheaded mayflies were more in line with yours. I did not think the abdomen was long enough or striped enough on the Red Mayfly, other Flatheaded were closer. Not many photos in bugguide, so I did several comparisons to photos used for trout fly making - don't laugh - but these sites seem to have the best detail photos of Mayflies. tough way to search. I will keep looking, but the Flatheaded, Heptageniidae, parts seem to continue to match :)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Thank you very much gatorfellows! The head looks a little different though. What do you think?

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

Take a look at Red Mayfly, Epeorus vitreus http://bugguide.net/node/view/420862/bgp...

Jacob Gorneau
Spotted by
Jacob Gorneau

New York, USA

Spotted on May 5, 2013
Submitted on May 11, 2013

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