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	3	7
AcerpennaBlue-Winged Olives	1	3
ApobaetisBlue-Winged Olives	0	0
BaetisBlue-Winged Olives	17	77
CallibaetisSpeckled Duns	6	13
CentroptilumTiny Sulphur Duns	3	13
CloeonBlue-Winged Olives	0	0
DiphetorBlue-Winged Olives	0	0
IswaeonLittle Olives	0	0
LabiobaetisBlue-Winged Olives	0	0
PlauditusBlue-Winged Olives	0	0
ProcloeonTiny Sulphur Duns	1	1
PseudocloeonBlue-Winged Olives	0	0

13 genera

(Americabaetis, Baetodes, Baetopus, Barbaetis, Camelobaetidius, Cloeodes, Fallceon, Heterocloeon, Moribaetis, Paracloeodes, Pseudocentroptiloides, Varipes, Waynokiops)

aren't included.

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Blue-Winged Olives

This is page 7 of specimens of Baetidae. Visit the main Baetidae page for:

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Pictures of 75 Mayfly Specimens in the Family Baetidae:

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Female Baetis (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun View 1 PicturesProbably Baetis tricaudatus.

Collected July 13, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on July 13, 2011

Female Baetis (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Spinner View 1 Pictures

Collected July 13, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on July 13, 2011

Male Baetis (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Spinner View 2 PicturesProbably Baetis tricaudatus.

Collected July 13, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on July 13, 2011

Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Nymph View 3 Pictures

Collected January 13, 2004 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Nymph View 3 PicturesThis one's tails are chopped off and it's missing a leg.

Collected January 13, 2004 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Female Acentrella turbida (Miniature Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Spinner View 1 PicturesHere is the female spinner of the tiny Acentrella turbida. You can see the coloration is quite different from the male.

Collected July 27, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on July 29, 2011

Callibaetis ferrugineus (Speckled Dun) Mayfly Adult View 3 PicturesThese adults are probably C. ferrugineus.

Collected August 13, 2009 from the Flathead River-lower in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 27, 2011

Male Baetis tricaudatus (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Spinner View 1 Pictures

Collected April 15, 2010 from the Flathead River-Lower in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 27, 2011

Acerpenna pygmaea (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Nymph View 3 PicturesThis is a very rare mayfly in western Montana. The shape of the last gill is a key to its identification. I have collected this species in only one location.

Collected May 5, 2007 from the Upper Stillwater River in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26, 2011

Female Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Spinner View 2 Pictures

Collected July 27, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

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