Here’s a close- up of a Large Brook Dun, Ecdyonurus torrentis resting on the flower of Lords and Ladies, Arum maculatum growing on the banks of the Taff at Radyr





I went to take this shot to catch the way the light was hitting the flower but then noticed the fly.



Looking up the common name of this plant to check whether I’d correctly identified it was interesting, I’d heard that it’s known as Cuckoo Pint (pronounced as in “mint” apparently) but didn’t realise that this was an edited version of the older name Priest’s Pint which means “Priest’s Prick”. The same sanitising exercise changed the name of the bird we know as the Wheatear from the more descriptive name “White Arse”. This is where my time goes......




Unfortunately one of the tails parted company with the fly on the trip home



The characteristic indentifying feature of the LBD, the unpatterned terracotta underside of the sub imago. It's easy to see why hopper patterns are the best way to match the hatch -




This shot shows the banding on the wings, another identifying feature of the LBD more plainly -

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I await the blinged up 'Great Red Spinner' stage with interest.

Great shots as always DB.

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Love the photos Col,

Did you do the painting also? watercolour or oils? What's your imitation for the LBD and Red Spinner?

Good stuff, many thanks

Cheers, those are a couple of duff photos edited with Photoshop filters Mostyn.

A Hopper tied on a size 14 works for the duns, I've yet to see a good fall of GRSs though - what happens to them all?

Blinged up great red spinners to follow once I can get another specimen home and in front of the camera intact - they're pretty lively and fragile - this one's from the Ogmore yesterday, it zoomed off before I could get a decent view.

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We seem to get quite a few of those red spinners on the Taff-Fechan!

I know those Taf Fechan red spinners......

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Red female and "normal" male - Large Brook Spinners:

Great stuff Col,those pics are great for identification .

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Thanks Corky.
There is one interesting thing. Some specimens are reddish and some are not. They are the same species but the color varies. It can be seen on nymphs, subimagos and imagos.