Mayflies which crawl underwater to lay their eggs

Troutnut	July 22nd, 2006, 10:13 am
Administrator Bellevue, WA Posts: 2737	It's fairly common knowledge that many Baetis mayflies crawl underwater to lay their eggs. What's strange is that most authors don't seem very surprised by this. As best I can tell from all my recent reading and note-taking, Baetis is the only genus of mayflies which displays this behavior. That seems remarkable. Does anybody know of any other mayflies that do this? Have I missed something?
	Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

Taxon	July 22nd, 2006, 2:00 pm
Site Editor Royse City, TX Posts: 1350	Jason- As far as I know, Baetis is the only mayfly genus reported to display that oviposition behavior.
	Best regards, Roger Rohrbeck www.FlyfishingEntomology.com

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