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Blue-winged Olives
Baetis
Baetis is a genus of mayflies of the family Baetidae, known as the blue-winged olive to anglers. There are at least 150 described species in Baetis. They are distributed worldwide, with the most variety in North America and northern Europe.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Large Dark Olive
speciesBaetis rhodani
Little Blue-winged Olive
speciesBaetis tricaudatus
Pale Watery
speciesBaetis fuscatus
Small Eastern Blue-winged Olive
speciesBaetis intercalaris
Baetis flavistriga
speciesBaetis flavistriga
Baetis pavidus
speciesBaetis pavidus
Baetis bicaudatus
speciesBaetis bicaudatus
Baetis harrisoni
speciesBaetis harrisoni
Baetis alpinus
speciesBaetis alpinus
Blue-winged Rusty Dun
speciesBaetis brunneicolor
Baetis thermicus
speciesBaetis thermicus
Medium Olive
speciesBaetis vernus
Baetis melanonyx
speciesBaetis melanonyx
Baetis taiwanensis
speciesBaetis taiwanensis
Baetis sahoensis
speciesBaetis sahoensis
Small Dark Olive
speciesBaetis scambus
Baetis vardarensis
speciesBaetis vardarensis
Southern Iron Blue
speciesBaetis niger
Rhodobaetis
subgenusRhodobaetis
Baetis phoebus
speciesBaetis phoebus
Scarce Olive
speciesBaetis buceratus
Baetis notos
speciesBaetis notos
Baetis pluto
speciesBaetis pluto
Baetis rutilocylindratus
speciesBaetis rutilocylindratus
Dark Olive
speciesBaetis atrebatinus
Iron Blue Quill
speciesBaetis magnus
Baetis yoshinensis
speciesBaetis yoshinensis
Baetis spatulatus
speciesBaetis spatulatus
Baetis lutheri
speciesBaetis lutheri
Baetis maurus
speciesBaetis maurus
Baetis ingridae
speciesBaetis ingridae
Baetis rusticans
speciesBaetis rusticans
Baetis adonis
speciesBaetis adonis
Baetis alius
speciesBaetis alius
Baetis diablus
speciesBaetis diablus
Baetis foemina
speciesBaetis foemina
Baetis hudsonicus
speciesBaetis hudsonicus
Baetis palisadi
speciesBaetis palisadi
Galling Small Minnow Mayfly
speciesBaetis persecutor
Baetis piscatoris
speciesBaetis piscatoris
Baetis caelestis
speciesBaetis caelestis
Baetis aeneus
speciesBaetis aeneus
Baetis cataractae
speciesBaetis cataractae
Baetis lawrencei
speciesBaetis lawrencei
Baetis magae
speciesBaetis magae
Baetis monikae
speciesBaetis monikae
Baetis parvulus
speciesBaetis parvulus
Baetis permultus
speciesBaetis permultus
Baetis pseudogemellus
speciesBaetis pseudogemellus
Baetis subtusca
speciesBaetis subtusca
Baetis tripunctatus
speciesBaetis tripunctatus
Baetis maderensis
speciesBaetis maderensis
Scarce Iron Blue
speciesBaetis digitatus
Baetis tricolor
speciesBaetis tricolor
Baetis monnerati
speciesBaetis monnerati
Baetis idei
speciesBaetis idei
Baetis hainanensis
speciesBaetis hainanensis
Baetis devinctus
speciesBaetis devinctus
Baetis leechi
speciesBaetis leechi
Baetis sulfurosus
speciesBaetis sulfurosus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123939.