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The Specimen

Drunella doddsii (Western Green Drake) Mayfly DunDrunella doddsii (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Dun View 13 Pictures
Collected July 17, 2011 from the Gulkana River in Alaska
Added to Troutnut.com by on July 20, 2011

The Discussion

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JimspeakerMay 14th, 2022, 7:35 am
Posts: 1		Hey, Jason.

I'm very confused by the photo next to the ruler for a couple of reasons. It appears that your photo of this doddsii sub-imago puts it at just over an inch from head to end of the body (tails not included) which is around 25-30mm. But, you stated in some text related to D. grandis that the adult body length was around 13mm - aren't grandis over an inch? Also, my dry fly hooks (tmc 100 #10) are around 1/2 inch (12mm) from back of the eye to the bend, whereas the one in the photo next to the ruler is an inch long.

So, couple of questions here: when you say body length are you referring to the abdomen (sans thorax / head)?

And, what gives with your hook length / ruler in the photos? What hooks are those?

Thanks!
Jim
TaxonMay 14th, 2022, 10:09 pm
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Royse City, TX

Posts: 1350		Hi Jim-

I suspect your confusion stems from assuming Jason's ruler is in inches as opposed to centimeters.
Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com

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