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WchouglandJanuary 12th, 2021, 6:53 pm
Posts: 1This bug and hundreds like it are on a still water pond in central colorado, at about 10,000’. July-August. Air temps around 70F. I can not find anything like it on any site I’ve searched.
TroutnutJanuary 12th, 2021, 7:26 pm
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Posts: 2693		This looks to me like an oblique view of a spent mayfly spinner with its wings stuck to the water, possibly Callibaetis as there seems to be a bit of a dark mottling near the front of the wings, but it's hard to be sure in this picture. Callibaetis would certainly make sense for high lakes.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
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