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Boro

Posted 5/12/2004 8:43 PM (#106582)
Subject: What is this?

Posts: 132

Location: Elkhart, IN

I hope the picture shows up on this.

What is this thing? It crawled into my boat and fished with me all day. I don't think it's a mayfly. Anyone have any ideas?

Brian

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Snowcrest 6

Posted 5/12/2004 9:28 PM (#106584 - in reply to #106582)
Subject: RE: What is this?

Posts: 303

Location: Valentine, NE USA

How long was it? Is that a wing case or tail-thingy in the pic?

It sort of looks like a Hellgremite (stonefly nymph) but your're in the wrong part of the country for those...

Could be a dragonfly nymph.

Brian

figuree

Posted 5/12/2004 9:43 PM (#106586 - in reply to #106582)
Subject: RE: What is this?

Posts: 134

If my college entomology serves me correctly if would say that is either a caddis fly (Tricoptera) or a dammel fly (Zygotera). If the tail filiments number 2 it is on of the above, but if it has 3 filiments it is a Ephemeroptera --a type of mayfly

MuskieMedic

Posted 5/13/2004 4:34 AM (#106604 - in reply to #106582)
Subject: RE: What is this?

Posts: 2091

Location: Stevens Point, WI

Looks like a Damsel Fly nymph to me.

sorenson

Posted 5/13/2004 9:01 AM (#106625 - in reply to #106582)
Subject: RE: What is this?

Posts: 1764

Location: Ogden, Ut

I'm pretty sure it's a mayfly nymph (Ephemeroptera) of some sort, if it had three tail filaments, it almost certainly was. Caddis (Trichoptera) nymphs are generally more 'worm-like', and having small hooks on the last tail segment. Stonefly (Plecoptera) nymphs look superficially like mayfly nymphs but only have two tail filaments, and pretty obvious wing pads. You can't really see the detail that well in the picture, so it may have been one of those. I don't think it was Slamr though. How was it with the net?
Please pardon any misspellings, aquatic entomology was many years ago....
K.

GOTONE

Posted 5/13/2004 10:25 AM (#106635 - in reply to #106582)
Subject: RE: What is this?

Posts: 476

Location: WI

uh, just a insect layman here, but what is a filament and how do you count one????

ostdc

Posted 5/13/2004 10:28 AM (#106637 - in reply to #106582)
Subject: RE: What is this?

Posts: 185

Location: Pound, WI

And I thought jlong was a geek for all his barometric pressure equations. You guys have him beat by a long shot.

Brian

muskiefishman

Posted 5/13/2004 10:43 AM (#106639 - in reply to #106582)
Subject: RE: What is this?

Posts: 189

Location: Hoboken, NJ / North Webster, IN

First one is mayfly nymph....second is plecoptera

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Boro

Posted 5/13/2004 11:13 AM (#106642 - in reply to #106582)
Subject: RE: What is this?

Posts: 132

Location: Elkhart, IN

Hi,

Thanks for the replies.

It was about 1/2 to 3/4 long without the tail.

The thing crawled into the boat with me. I think it scared all of the fish away. That must be why I didn't catch anything that day.

It did stay right where I could keep my eye on it all day long though.

I don't know if it had one, two or three tails. It was wet and looked mean. But not as mean as that snake someone caught last week.

It looks more like the Plectoplotopus thing Muskiefishman posted. It had a big head like that.

I am almost positive it was not a mayfly. I've used wigglers before and this thing did not look like those at all.

Brian

Beaver

Posted 5/13/2004 12:28 PM (#106651 - in reply to #106582)
Subject: RE: What is this?

Posts: 4266

That's one of Cady's baby pictures

ghoti

Posted 5/13/2004 8:14 PM (#106712 - in reply to #106582)
Subject: RE: What is this?

Posts: 1294

Location: Stevens Point, Wi.

Over 300 views of a bug?? It must have been a long off season. I think we need to get out fishing more.

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