Stillwater Mayflies

[GAT]

Examples?

Oh I don't know, a Small Minnow Mayfly doesn't quite sound right. Or an Armored Mayfly ... not exactly dainty.

 

[Taxon]

Yes. What time of day would their emergence from the water likely have been?

Customarily, Caenis emerge (pretty much all at once) around dusk.

 

[Taxon]

I love the common names of some of the bugs. Many do not sound Mayfly-ish in the least.

Examples?

Oh I don't know, a Small Minnow Mayfly doesn't quite sound right. Or an Armored Mayfly ... not exactly dainty.

Okay, now I understand what you meant. "Small Minnow Mayfly" is the common name assigned by taxonomists to mayfly family Baetidae, and "Armored Mayfly" is the common name assigned by taxonomists to mayfly family Baetiscidae.

Whereas, flyfishers have generally been responsible for the common names assigned to genera and species, as illustrated below in my Names Query for Caenis:


Scientific Name Search String=Caenis

Common Name​	Scientific Name	Order/Suborder​
Graywinged Blue Dun	Caenis amica	Mayfly
Tiny Graywinged Blue Dun	Caenis amica	Mayfly
Tiny Whitewinged Sulphur	Caenis amica	Mayfly
Tiny Whitewinged Curse	Caenis hilaris	Mayfly
Graywinged Sulphur Dun	Caenis latipennis	Mayfly
Tiny Graywinged Rusty Dun	Caenis latipennis	Mayfly
Tiny Graywinged Sulphur	Caenis latipennis	Mayfly
Angler's Curse	Caenis spp.	Mayfly
Caenis	Caenis spp.	Mayfly
Little White Mayfly	Caenis spp.	Mayfly
Little White Spinner	Caenis spp.	Mayfly
Whitewinged Sulphur	Caenis spp.	Mayfly