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Mayfly Species Anthopotamus myops (Golden Drake)

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Regions: East, Midwest

Time Of Year (?): Summer

Many authors report that this is the most important species of Anthopotamus in the Midwest. I have found very little about the habits of this species except for a paragraph in Hatches II about Anthopotamus rufous, a synonym (Synonym: A former name of a taxon, usually a species. Entomologists frequently discover that two insects originally described as different species are one in the same, and they drop one of the names. The dropped name is said to be a synonym of the remaining name. These changes take a while to trickle into the common knowledge of anglers; for example, Baetis vagans is now a synonym of Baetis tricaudatus.) of myops:

Although our experience with this species is limited this mayfly seems to have great trout appeal. Ernie Schwiebert reports excellent fishing hatches of rufous taking place on our larger Eastern and Midwestern rivers that remain cool throughout the summer.

Caucci and Nastasi go on to list some Eastern rivers where this species is important. It is noteworthy that this species, or at least the synonym (Synonym: A former name of a taxon, usually a species. Entomologists frequently discover that two insects originally described as different species are one in the same, and they drop one of the names. The dropped name is said to be a synonym of the remaining name. These changes take a while to trickle into the common knowledge of anglers; for example, Baetis vagans is now a synonym of Baetis tricaudatus.) being discussed, is not as tolerant of warm water as others of the genus. I don't know if this holds true for the original myops populations which are said to be important in the Midwest.



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