Sorry no pictues (yet)

I have seen a lot of little green flies (wings covering their backs) around the river over the past two weeks. They river is a high moorland spate river and I am assuming these are some form of smally caddis??? Is this a small species or do they develop further into 'something bigger'?

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Depends on how tiny 'tiny' is

It could be the Yellow Sally which is a sedge.

Discussed here.

Was that a sedge ?.

It could just as easily be Greenfly or a green midge again depending on size.

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Sandy
Carried it in full, then carry it out empty.

Nope, not a Yellow Sally. As the other thread indicates it looked like a Lacewing, however there have been too many for them to be just 'blow ins' to the river.

The following from the Wisconsin Fly Fisher:




About that size but very light green (and squishy )

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You may have meant Stonefly.

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Quite right

Grannom was in my head at the time, which is a sedge, as it has a green egg sack which is carried at its backend.

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Sandy
Carried it in full, then carry it out empty.

As Fishtales has suggested, with the winds we have had in recent weeks there's been a lot of Green Aphids blown onto the water.

No, its too big and 'wingy' for an aphid - maybe lacewings blowing in then?

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That is a female Grannom, unmistakable, "moorland" rivers as you have written, free stone as the yanks call them, Limestone as we recognize them, season starts early. April hatches midday and evening rise times. Supposidly continues through the season, but another time for main hatches can be found at the end of the season, September-October.

Failing that aphids, as said, but these stay underneath sycamore tress leafs and will fly once disturbed (animals, nature[wind]etc).

BUT perhaps the tiny caddis is quiet that. A tiny 2mm max long tiny white fly, one of the flys that is named anglers curse. There are 6 species of Caenis from yellow to white (no green) the spinners are usually found around the silty back waters and edges of rivers, again the edges of lakes, but seen usually everywhere!

If you send a piccy we will identify, look at entonology page.

Thanks very much for that. I have started carrying a camera in my bag now, so I will see if I can find these again.

All the best


DN

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There's been a lot of large Aphids about over the last few weeks. Bright green body 4-5mm long, translucent wings that look white when flying. Much smaller than a Lacewing. Seen them at the stillwaters and the river that i fish.

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