Trout Food, ephemera varia

Ephemera varia, Yellow Drake

NYMPHS are burrowers, in silt or fine gravel.

DUNS emerge in mid-June through July (sporadically in August) at dusk.

Avg. Body Length- 13-19mm

Hook-#10

Tails-3

Wings- creamy yellow with black blotches

Body (under)-creamy pale with black "apostrophy”

Body (top)-cream with specks, dark bands

Legs- cream, dark marks on forelegs

Other- blackish marks, ginger thorax

SPINNER falls in the evening. Body size 13-16mm. Size 12-2XL

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