**Female Baetis tricaudatus (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Spinner Pictures**

Mayflies

Caddisflies

Stoneflies

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives)

» Genus Baetis (Blue-Winged Olives)

» Species tricaudatus (Blue-Winged Olive)

This female spinner was deceased when photographed, so the posture is unnatural, but it was a substantial hatch and clearly worth imitating (with wet flies to imitate the sunken ovipositing females) so I went ahead with the photos.

It was collected in association with a male spinner.

This mayfly was collected from Silver Creek on September 4th, 2020 and added to Troutnut.com on September 18th, 2020.

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Female Baetis tricaudatus (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Spinner from Silver Creek in Idaho

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**Female Baetis tricaudatus (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Spinner Pictures**