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Mayfly Family Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives)



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This is page 9 of specimens of Baetidae. Visit the main Baetidae page for:

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Pictures of 103 Mayfly Specimens in the Family Baetidae:

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Female Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly SpinnerFemale Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Spinner View 8 PicturesThis is one of the smallest mayflies I've ever collected, about 3mm long.
Collected August 9, 2006 from the West Branch of Owego Creek in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on August 11, 2006
Male Acentrella insignificans (Tiny Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly NymphMale Acentrella insignificans (Tiny Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Nymph View 10 PicturesAnother nymph probably of the same species as this one emerged and was photographed as a dun and partly-molted spinner.
Collected September 12, 2020 from the Yakima River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on September 19, 2020
Male Baetis tricaudatus (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly SpinnerMale Baetis tricaudatus (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Spinner View 12 PicturesSome notes from identifying this specimen under the microscope:

1. The hind wing has three longitudinal veins (Longitudinal vein: Longitudinal veins are the major long veins running length-wise through an insect's wing, connecting the base to the outer margin, or the major branches from those veins.), but the third is faint, short (about half the length of the wing), and close to the wing margin.
2. Then antenna is brown fading into white at the tip, and the base is ringed with white.
3. The joints of the tarsal segments on the middle and hind leg have fine black markings.

It was also collected in association with a female spinner.
Collected September 4, 2020 from Silver Creek in Idaho
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on September 18, 2020
Female Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly DunFemale Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun View 4 PicturesThis specimen was collected on the same trip as a similar dun.
Collected May 28, 2005 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 24, 2006
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