yellow drakes in the city?

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KJH807
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2009/06/12 11:47:11 (permalink)

yellow drakes in the city?

I found these on the outside of the office this morning...
I guess the Allegheny is doing well
Yellow Drakes
 
 

 

 
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    D-nymph
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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/12 11:50:45 (permalink)
    Nice catch, it's not even squished.
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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/12 12:02:18 (permalink)
    Nice pics.  Gotta love those drakes.  Sparrows ate all of ours. 

    My reports and advice are for everyone to enjoy, not just the paying customers.
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    D-nymph
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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/12 12:02:37 (permalink)
    Maybe it's something else?
     
    http://www.troutnut.com/hatch/36/Mayfly-Ephemera-varia-Yellow-Drake
     
    Your bug is really bright yellow.
     
    Is it a female Hex, that's just more yellow than these pics?
     
    http://www.troutnut.com/specimen/604
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    KJH807
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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/12 12:35:33 (permalink)
    that first picture is bit deceiving
    most were a very pale yellow

    ... i just went back outside and looked at one



    the hex head looks a bit different and the hex looks to have darker/more colored wings
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    KJH807
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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/12 12:36:36 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: SilverKype

    ....  Sparrows ate all of ours. 


    if only you could find something to eat the bridge sparrows


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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/12 18:31:31 (permalink)
    I may be wrong, but I think that's a potomanthus.
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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/12 18:34:35 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: SilverKype

    Sparrows ate all of ours. 

     
     
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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/12 18:37:32 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: KJH807


    ORIGINAL: SilverKype

    ....  Sparrows ate all of ours. 


    if only you could find something to eat the bridge sparrows




     
    Falcons duud. I'm gonna take up falconry to save the drakes.
     
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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/14 20:19:37 (permalink)
    Hexagenia, but not limbata.
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    KJH807
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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/14 23:55:42 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: westbranch

    Hexagenia, but not limbata.


    why not limbata?

    after looking... it is defiantly a Hex... 2 tails and no markings on the wings


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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/15 07:26:47 (permalink)
    lately, reclassification has eliminated some species and added subspecies, especially since DNA testing. 
    So, maybe a subspecies of limbata or has those subspecies been eliminated, too? I dunno.
    so, go ahead. Pick one.
     
     




    Hexagenia atrocaudata

    Hexagenia bilineata

    Hexagenia limbata

    Hexagenia limbata (Hexagenia affiliata)

    Hexagenia limbata (Hexagenia carolina)

    Hexagenia limbata (Hexagenia elegans)

    Hexagenia limbata (Hexagenia marilandica)

    Hexagenia limbata (Hexagenia mingo)

    Hexagenia limbata (Hexagenia munda)

    Hexagenia limbata (Hexagenia occulta)

    Hexagenia limbata (Hexagenia pallens)

    Hexagenia limbata (Hexagenia rosacea)

    Hexagenia limbata (Hexagenia venusta)

    Hexagenia limbata (Hexagenia viridescens)

    Hexagenia limbata (Hexagenia weewa)

    Hexagenia orlando

    Hexagenia rigida
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    KJH807
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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/15 07:33:57 (permalink)
    i like # F ...


    but "weewa" may have stole the show
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    RE: yellow drakes in the city? 2009/06/15 07:48:24 (permalink)
    K,
    Maybe you discovered a new species or subspecies.
    Since it's attracted to office windows, we can call it Hexagenia Windex or Hexagenia Distractum.
    Of course, you discovered it so you should be the one to name it.
    post edited by dano - 2009/06/15 14:39:07
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