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View 10 PicturesI spent (Spent: The wing position of many aquatic insects when they fall on the water after mating. The wings of both sides lay flat on the water. The word may be used to describe insects with their wings in that position, as well as the position itself.) most of the day looking for Epeorus pluralis duns or spinners without any luck on the major Catskill rivers. Finally in the evening I arrived at a small stream somebody had recommended, and when I got out of the car I was happy to find that I had parked in the middle of a cloud of male spinners.
View 7 PicturesI collected this female dun together with a female spinner, a male dun, and a larger, damaged male dun.
View 7 PicturesThis dun comes from the same location, and is about the same size, so is presumably the same species as this male spinner.
View 7 PicturesThis Epeorus dun managed to emerge successfully even though it had apparently long several legs at some point and only partially grown them back.
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View 8 PicturesI collected this female spinner together with a male dun, a female dun, and another male dun.
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View 3 PicturesI collected this one as a dun, and she molted into a spinner in my room.
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