Neville: Thanks. I'll have to try and tie some of those, Chuck
- Original Message -
From: "Neville Gosling"
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 10:52 PM
Subject: [VFB] Hexagenia Limbata
Chuck & others:
Several years ago, I tied up some Hexagenia patterns and never used them
until
Hey, There's plenty of that around. My late best friend who owned the very land
I'm own right now, and his late daddy in law, both drank a lot, and would buy
moonshine locally,. get drunk and hid their jugs in hollowed out trees, and
forget where they hid their likker LOL, Chuck
- Origin
Chuck,
You probably just grow em bigger down there. Earlier, I said that the
one I saw in Tennessee was at least 2 inches long, but in reality, I
think it was closer to 3 inches from front to back of tails. However, I
didn't have my yardstick in my hip pocket, so I just guesstimated.
Maybe
Weird that the mayfly in the pic on the link is EXACTLY like the one I saw. But
the link says that that is between .071 inches and 1.18 inches not including
they legs. But the body of this one was at LEAST 1.5 inches, and it's tail(s)
were at LEAST 1.5 inches as well. Does that mean the one in
Now, My neighbor is originally from Michigan, and their kinfolks were just
visiting from Michigan last week. Any chance the eggs we on their car???
Chuck
- Original Message -
From: "The Smiths"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Dragonfly on my lampshade
Yeah, He's probably a "Rednex Hex" LOL.. Chuck
- Original Message -
From: "Allan Fish"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Dragonfly on my lampshade
I had replied to Chuck off-list about his mayfly.
With its size, it's most very closely related to the He
Nev: Yeah, he was at least three inches+ long from tail to nose. Chuck
- Original Message -
From: "Neville Gosling"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Dragonfly on my lampshade
Chuck:
I agree with Wes, it is a hexagenia which is one of the largest mayfli
Wes: Yep. That's exactly what it is, Chuck
- Original Message -
From: Wes Wada
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Dragonfly on my lampshade
It's a Hexagenia, I think. They are a pretty rare species of Mayfly, quite
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