Baetis (Blue-winged Olive; Blue-winged Olive Dun; Blue Wing; BWO; Little Iron Blue Quill; Little Brown Quill; Little Blue-winged Olive; Rusty Spinner; Tiny Olive. ) | mature larva (nymph) - male
Copyright © 2009 Tom Murray |
| subimago (dun) - Female
Copyright © 2010 Tom Murray |
imago (spinner) - male
Copyright © 2012 John Barry |
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Baetis | Single plate-like gills on abdominal segments 1-7. | Hind wing exhibiting a pointed costal angulation; double intercalary veins. |
Baetis alius | | |
| Cold water taxa with a longer body and maxillary palps that are not mitten-shaped. | . |
Baetis bicaudatus (Light Rusty Spinner; Pale Olive Dun. ) | | |
| Abdomen medium brown w/tergites 1-10 pale in color; dark markings on segs. 3,4,7; veinlets indistinct. | . |
Baetis brunneicolor | | |
Baetis flavistriga (Dark Blue-winged Olive; Dark Gray-winged Olive; Dark Gray-winged Olive Dun; Minute Blue-winged Olive; Little Slate-winged Brown Quill; Dark Olive Brown Spinner. ) | | |
| Middle tail less than 1/2 length of others; tail bands at middle & tip; abdominal tergites 5, 9-10 pale. | . |
Baetis notos | | |
Baetis tricaudatus (Light Rusty Spinner; Light Blue Dun; Iron Blue Quill; Little Iron Blue Quill; Rusty Spinner; Dark Rusty Spinner; Light Rusty Spinner. ) | | |
| Body medium olive brown to dark olive w/faint dorsal stripe; tails: middle tail < 1/2 length others; gills veination conspicuous; rounded 7th gill. | Body olive brown to dark brown; wings light to medium gray; length 8-9/4-6 mm.; 2 tails; emerges Oct15-Nov, Feb-Mar. |