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Mayfly Family Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives)



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This is page 10 of specimens of Baetidae. Visit the main Baetidae page for:

  • The behavior and habitat of Baetidae.
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Pictures of 103 Mayfly Specimens in the Family Baetidae:

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Male Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly DunMale Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun View 4 PicturesThis ia a very tiny (hook size 22-24) dun. The pictures are terrible, but it's very fragile and it's one of the first adult mayflies I ever photographed.
Collected April 30, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006
Baetis flavistriga (BWO) Mayfly NymphBaetis flavistriga (BWO) Mayfly Nymph View 5 PicturesThis specimen keys to the Baetis flavistriga complex, which could be either flavistriga or Baetis phoebus.
Collected August 3, 2020 from the East Fork Big Lost River in Idaho
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on August 19, 2020
Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly NymphBaetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Nymph View 3 PicturesHere's a Baetid nymph close to hatching, with darkened wingpads. It's got dark bands on the tail at the middle and tip, a rounded, oval 7th gill, and gill veinlets (Veinlet: Short insect wing veins connecting the major longitudinal veins to the wing margin.) which are visible but not conspicuous.
Collected August 8, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006
Female Baetis tricaudatus (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly DunFemale Baetis tricaudatus (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun View 6 PicturesThis one emerged from a nymph of this kind in my studio but got a bit waterlogged before I could pull it out to photograph.
Collected September 12, 2020 from the Yakima River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on September 19, 2020
Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly NymphBaetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Nymph View 3 PicturesThis relatively large early March Baetid nymph has untracheated gills and no bands on its tails.
Collected March 9, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006
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