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The Specimen

Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly DunBaetidae (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun View 7 PicturesThis specimen was collected on the same trip as a similar dun.
Collected May 28, 2005 from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by on May 24, 2006

The Discussion

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OldredbarnApril 6th, 2010, 10:27 am
Novi, MI

Posts: 2608		Jason, Taxon, Gonzo et al...

This one seems to have slipped through the id gauntlet...Does anyone want to hazzard a guess on the species level? BWO is a bit broad...

Spence
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TroutnutApril 6th, 2010, 5:08 pm
Administrator
Bellevue, WA

Posts: 2737		Going to genus level for the Baetidae can be really tricky, and species level is even harder. The scientific keys don't provide any way to identify the female duns. It may be that someone very familiar with the family can recognize it by sight, but if I were to try I would have to fall back on the standard angler's method of identifying Baetids: pull a name out of a hat. "Let's see here... it's (rummage rummage rummage)... it's Baetis vagans" (That's no longer a valid species, but it is the name that seems to get pulled out of the hat most often.)
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
MartinlfApril 6th, 2010, 5:42 pm
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Palmyra PA

Posts: 3233		Jason, now you're being intentionally vague, aren't you?
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"

--Fred Chappell

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