Mayfly Family Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives)

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

» Family Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives)

Genus in Baetidae
AcentrellaMiniature Blue-Winged Olives	0	0
AcerpennaBlue-Winged Olives	3	23
ApobaetisBlue-Winged Olives	0	0
BaetisBlue-Winged Olives	7	45
CallibaetisSpeckled Duns	1	3
CentroptilumBlue-Winged Olives	0	0
CloeonBlue-Winged Olives	0	0
DiphetorBlue-Winged Olives	0	0
HeterocloeonBlue-Winged Olives	0	0
PlauditusBlue-Winged Olives	0	0
ProcloeonBlue-Winged Olives	0	0
PseudocloeonBlue-Winged Olives	0	0

11 genera aren't included.

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Blue-Winged Olives

Fly Imitations by Orvis

Stage	Fly Pattern
Nymph	Olive Flashback
Emerger	Emerging Para Dun - BWO
Emerger	Hi-Vis BWO Para Emerger
Dun	Blue Wing Olive Parachute
Dun	Blue Winged Olive
Dun	BWO AK's Parachute
Dun	Cripple Dun BWO
Dun	Indicator Parachute BWO
Spinner	Bead Head BWO Soft Hackle

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55 Mayfly Specimens in the Family Baetidae:

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Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Jun 5, 2005

Added May 25, 2006

Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Poconos

Collected May 29, 2007

Added Jun 4, 2007

Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun

View 4 PicturesThis specimen was collected on the same trip as a similar dun.

Region: Upper Midwest

Collected May 28, 2005

Added May 24, 2006

Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun

View 4 PicturesThis ia a very tiny (hook size 22-24) dun. The pictures are terrible, but it's very fragile and it's one of the first adult mayflies I ever photographed.

Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Apr 30, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun

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Region: Poconos

Collected May 29, 2007

Added Jun 4, 2007

Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected May 22, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun

View 3 PicturesI've lost the date information for this specimen and taken a guess.

Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Aug 1, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected May 22, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected May 23, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Jan 13, 2004

Added Jan 25, 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.

Useful References:

Arbona, Fred Jr. 1989. Mayflies, the Angler, and the Trout. Nick Lyons Books.

Knopp, Malcolm and Robert Cormier. 1997. Mayflies: An Angler's Study of Trout Water Ephemeroptera . The Lyons Press.