Great pictures Jason

The Specimen

Collected April 1, 2007 from Mystery Creek #62 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by on April 3, 2007

CalebBoyle	April 4th, 2007, 8:04 pm
Charlotte, NC Posts: 11	Thanks for the pics of this genus Jason. I had sampled a creek that I live close to and had collected something that I thought was Siphloplecton, but afer seeing your photos it must be Ameletus.

CalebBoyle	April 4th, 2007, 8:07 pm
Charlotte, NC Posts: 11	Looks similar to me. It's amazing how the colorations can vary.

Troutnut	April 4th, 2007, 9:49 pm
Administrator Bellevue, WA Posts: 2592	Nice pic Caleb. That's gotta be the same mayfly. The real distinguishing characteristic is in the mouth parts, which can be verified on my specimen, but the markings are so similar that we've clearly got the same insect.
	Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist

CalebBoyle	April 5th, 2007, 5:43 pm
Charlotte, NC Posts: 11	The thing that threw me was the three dark lines on the underside of the abdomen.

Flytyer0423	September 9th, 2009, 5:07 pm
germansville PA Posts: 14	this one is screaming for a pheasant tail nymph imitation.
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