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    Default Today's bug discovery

    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!

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    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 sometimes helps to narrow things down.

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    I found these flying around today, any ideas










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    Pteronarcys stone fly; Salmon fly. The ancient bug.
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    Default Callibaetis?

    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?


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    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!
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    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?

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

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    These flies are similar or from family of grass hoppers. These are not bad pestsl. They live near greenery, fields, and like these areas.
    Last edited by Lachlan; 07-24-2014 at 11:10 PM.

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