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Byhaugh	April 22nd, 2014, 3:58 pm
Hawaii Posts: 56	This is the photo. Thanks! < />
Byhaugh	April 23rd, 2014, 2:11 pm
Hawaii Posts: 56	Sorry, I know it would help to have a better photo, but this is the best I can do. Surely someone can suggest an identification? < />
Taxon	April 23rd, 2014, 5:31 pm
Site Editor Royse City, TX Posts: 1350	Hi Mack, Although I also believe to be of family Baetidae, it doesn't have the hind wing profile I would associate with it being of genus Callibaetis.
	Best regards, Roger Rohrbeck www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
Entoman	April 23rd, 2014, 10:02 pm
Northern CA & ID Posts: 2604	Roger is right, IMO. Where & when was this fly collected? Size?
	"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman
Byhaugh	April 24th, 2014, 9:22 am
Hawaii Posts: 56	Here is another (better) picture < />
Entoman	April 24th, 2014, 7:44 pm
Northern CA & ID Posts: 2604	Hi Byron, The latest photo is of a mayfly in an entirely different family from your first one. Do you have answers to my questions posted above?
	"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman
Byhaugh	April 24th, 2014, 8:45 pm
Hawaii Posts: 56	Ento, I know, but it also is up for identification. Pic. Is a mayfly from Argentina. Given its speckled nature and that it is from a lake I thought Calibaetis. But it has large hind wings. Could it be related to the Calibaetis?? Thanks

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