Mystery Creek # 43

Mayflies

Caddisflies

Stoneflies

About "Mystery Creeks": I love small streams, but some of my favorite little trout streams are too small and too fragile to publicize here. If you recognize one of these, you already understand why I'm keeping it a secret. These are the kinds of places that lose a little bit of their charm if you see someone else's week-old footprint, and I don't want to do that to them.

Closeup insects from Mystery Creek # 43

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Female Leucrocuta hebe (Little Yellow Quill) Mayfly Spinner

View 6 PicturesI found this spinner on the same piece of stream as a similar dun, probably of the same species.

Collected September 19, 2006 from Mystery Creek #43 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on October 4, 2006

Female Baetis (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun

View 5 PicturesI found this female in the same area as a male with similar markings, probably of the same species.

Collected September 19, 2006 from Mystery Creek #43 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on October 4, 2006

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Jargon Defined:

Dun: Mayflies have two adult stages. They first emerge from the water as duns (scientifically known as the subimago stage). They then molt into the spinner (imago) stage, in which they mate and die. Sometimes the word "dun" is confusingly used to refer to a brownish gray color in fly tying materials.

Spinner: There are two winged stages of adult mayflies. They emerge from the water as duns, molt on land (usually) into their fully mature stage, spinners. As spinners, they mate, lay eggs, and die.

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