M mario66pens Member Joined Apr 11, 2009 Messages 707 Aug 18, 2016 #1 My mayfly id skills aren't where they should be, but is this some sort of hex? I have about a million of them on my porch right now.
My mayfly id skills aren't where they should be, but is this some sort of hex? I have about a million of them on my porch right now.
T troutbert Well-known member Joined Nov 2, 2006 Messages 11,296 Aug 18, 2016 #2 How big is the bug and what waterway do you live near?
M mario66pens Member Joined Apr 11, 2009 Messages 707 Aug 18, 2016 #3 sz 4 maybe 6 and on a tributary of the juniata about a mile above the mouth.
T troutbert Well-known member Joined Nov 2, 2006 Messages 11,296 Aug 18, 2016 #4 Probably a Hex. If you Google "Hexagenia spinner Troutnut" a bunch of photos come up from Troutnutcom's website.
Probably a Hex. If you Google "Hexagenia spinner Troutnut" a bunch of photos come up from Troutnutcom's website.
S SteveG Member Joined Aug 2, 2014 Messages 980 Aug 18, 2016 #5 Looks like one of the hex species to me
krayfish2 Well-known member Joined Jun 18, 2014 Messages 5,726 City Dauphin Aug 19, 2016 #6 Male hex spinner is my guess. Females are bigger and lighter if I'm not mistaken.
pcray1231 Well-known member Joined Jan 31, 2008 Messages 13,256 City Lebanon, PA Aug 19, 2016 #7 Image doesn't show for me. Hexagenia atrocaudata would fit time wise. Limbata is typically early Junish, with rigida and bilineata in July, and atrocaudata bringing up the rear in August.
Image doesn't show for me. Hexagenia atrocaudata would fit time wise. Limbata is typically early Junish, with rigida and bilineata in July, and atrocaudata bringing up the rear in August.