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The Discussion
| Rckrego | April 18th, 2007, 2:32 pm | |
| Princeton, NJ Posts: 2 | What's the difference between olives and bwo's? I've been told that there is a family or genus difference, and accordingly there are size and color differences. Is there anything definitive about this? Do the nymphs act differently? Are the hatches at different times of the year? Are the wings of olives really different from the wings of BWO's? thanks. | |
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| Troutnut | April 18th, 2007, 3:03 pm | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1115 | Hey, I hope you don't mind I deleted the other topic -- it'll get confusing if we have people answering your question in two places. The short answer is that you just can't get this technical about common names like olives and BWOs. BWOs usually don't have blue wings anyway, and lots of them aren't even olive. People slap those labels on just about anything green or small except for inchworms. See one of my articles on this site for more about the common name confusion. When you start wondering about details and distinctions like this, that's the time to take the plunge into scientific names. Your questions can't really be answered for "BWOs" or "Olives", but you can learn all kinds of interesting details about Baetis or Drunella. :) | |
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