LARGE sulpher?

[Gene L 0]

Saw this guy on my wall last night. It looks like a sulpher was was about a size 8, possibly a hexiegina. If it was, it's a very large sulphur. The photo makes it appear more yellow that it is, but it's very yellow.

 

[spiralspey 0]

Looks like a Hex to me. I've fished the Hex hatch in the midwest on a couple rivers and here in Oregon on several stillwaters. Big bugs and big trout, a great combination.

[redietz 0]

Hexes aren't sulfurs.

[swampsinger 0]

Nice bug. I never paid so much attention to insect life since I started fly fishing.

[Bruce Norikane 0]

Ask the bug ID forum at Troutnut.

 

http://www.troutnut.com/

[SilverCreek 0]

In my area of Wisconsin the hatch is over. But I have seen thousands of these insects.

 

It is Hexagenia Limbata spinner (imago)

 

 

 

Hex Dun (subimago)

 

 

http://www.troutnut.com/hatch/32/Mayfly-Hexagenia-limbata-Hex

 

http://www.insectidentification.org/pictureviewer/insects-gallery.asp?identification=Giant-Mayfly

[bellevue.chartreuse.trout 0]

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[Gene L 0]

GA. Pretty far away from water. I guess only a Hex gets that large and is yellow.

[SilverCreek 0]

Hexagenia nymphs live not only in rivers and streams but also in lakes. They are burrowing mayflies and live in silt. Unlike most mayflies, the nymphs live for several years instead of a 1 year cycle from egg to adult. I think that is why they can get so large. In my river, they have a 3 year cycle. The eggs from this year will become adults in 2020.

 

 

[spiralspey 0]

Mayflies sometimes fly a fairly long ways, so you never know. I live in what is basically a desert, and the nearest river is about 4 miles from my house, but every spring and fall I find blue wing olive duns on my windows. Hexes are mostly stillwater mayflies, the nymphs burrow into soft bottoms, so if there are any ponds nearby you could certainly see them.