Today's bug discovery

[The Arborist]

I found this little guy (girl?) crawling up a small stick very close to the edge of the water. I'm thinking it is a Yellow Quill. It was about 4PM and it looks freshly hatched.
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I have no idea on this one. I thought at first it was a male mosquito. There were quite a few of them on this rock right down next to the water. It is about 1" long. Any ideas?
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And finally this one which I think is just a flying ant, but man is it large!
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All these were sighted on a small, fast moving, mountain stream. Thanks!

[EricW]

Nice pics
1) I've usually call these a Sulphur. That one seems really pale / translucent.
2) Crane fly. There are tons of different kinds. I think most are terrestrial. (Mosquito hawk sometimes called. English call them Daddy Longlegs with a lot of patterns for them)
3) Has antennae and a waist... big ole flying ant!

Ralph Cutter's site (http://flyline.com/fly_patterns/hatch_chart/) sometimes helps to narrow things down.

[rippinstreamers]

I found these flying around today, any ideas:wink:









http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u630/Rippinstreamers/IMGP0001_zps4e4eb0f2.jpg (http://s1325.photobucket.com/user/Rippinstreamers/media/IMGP0001_zps4e4eb0f2.jpg.html)

[Troutstalker55B]

Pteronarcys stone fly; Salmon fly. The ancient bug.

[DLJeff]

Here's one that seems obvious to me but is a puzzle. To me looks like a callibaetis due to the mottled wings and drab grey / tan color. There are several each morning around my back deck. I live within a couple minutes of the Deschutes River and that's where the puzzle comes in. The Deschutes moves pretty good through here and I haven't seen any frog water (other than some of the little ponds in people's yards and around the golf course). I suppose those golf course ponds are big enough to create habitat for a callibaetis. Anyone confirm the ID for me?

http://i.imgur.com/Fg5zlkl.jpg

[Troutstalker55B]

It's a calibaetis dun. I used to own some very small ponds between Graeagle and Portola and they had a good population of calibaetis in them. The hatch would happen two weeks before they popped out at Lake Davis. Since LD was only 7 miles away I figured they got blown in. Great picture!

[DLJeff]

Thanks, that's what I thought. That little Optio 555 point & shoot does take some pretty good macro photos. I've taken some good photos of flies with it too. For a camera that's what? 7 - 8 years old?

[steveg137]

great thread & photo's. For a 7 year old point and shoot fantastic job!

[Lachlan]

These flies are similar or from family of grass hoppers. These are not bad pestsl (http://www.termiterescue.com.au/). They live near greenery, fields, and like these areas.