Blue Winged Olive

Posted by kevinfeenstra on Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:14 pm

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This is one of the first mayflies that we see here. It is quite small. Mayflies hatch in a sub imago form which tend to have dark blue colored wings. This is true of many mayfly species.

Olympus EM-1,60mm macro, 1/40 f10, Iso 400

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by Tom Whelan on Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:48 pm

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Fine image - not a setting I recall seeing for a newly emerged mayfly before. Nice natural history info as well...

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by msdljack on Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:02 pm

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Good details on this interesting species. Hopefully I can shot this guy in May

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by Matthew Pugh on Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:41 am

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Hi

A fine shot of this little fellow and a good job of getting close enough for a frame filling look, an aspect that was probably not easy using that short focal length and hence short working distance

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by D7avid on Fri Apr 25, 2014 7:21 am

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really great shot of one my favorite creatures...Trout find them irresistible and hopefully the many imitations I tie to fool them.(strictly catch and release)

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by Carol Clarke on Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:04 am

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Fascinating close up detail Kevin! This looks like a tiny prehistoric winged Dragon!

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by kostas nianiopoulos on Fri Apr 25, 2014 10:53 pm