... they are of the same individual. I chased it around the window pane; it flew onto my tee shirt - went through all sorts of contortions to get two pictures there.

Don-

Well, you certainly did a marvelous job of photographing what I believe to be a Caenis female imago. You might be interested to know that (6) Caenis species are reported to reside in Kentucky.

During the summer of 2007, biotic sampling was conducted in (1243) lakes across the (48) contiguous states by individual state agencies. The biotic samples were sorted to the lowest practical taxonomic level and counted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The resulting data was provided to me in spreadsheet format. Upon receipt, each taxonomic unit was further identified to family common name. This was done to make the data easier to understand by a non-scientific audience. The data was then placed in a database, and the query, Lakes Biotic Survey, was developed to provide access to that data.

Interestingly, Caenis turned out to be the most populous mayfly sampled both nationally, and in Kentucky.

Best regards,

Awesome!!! Thanks for posting it!

I, too, am afflicted with the long rod disease. I have only four Superfine rods, 1, 4, 5 and 6 wt. Plus I tye my own flies. Got into a debate, sorta, with the Irish fly "dresser", Alice Conba, about the long length of tails she put on her mayfly patterns.

Her case was rested for me when I found a Maccafertium.

I have two more to submit for ID from last night.

I became enamoured with mayflies in Hydrobiology graduate course with Charles Jenner at UNC-Chapel Hill. Of course we dealt with nymphs. I get a thrill every time I see one on the wing!