[NatureNS] Funny Fly

Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 20:29:04 -0300
From: Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca>
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Sounds like a phantom crane fly, Bittacomorpha claviceps (family
Ptychopteridae).
Steve
Quoting Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>:

> Hi All
> This afternoon being cloudy and wet and not fit to
> garden I went over to the river to sit and watch. When
> the sun came out a fly something in the order of a
> damsel fly came by. First I thought it was something
> being blowing in the wind but then I realise it was
> going againt the wind.
> It was damsel fly size but all legs and not much of a
> body. The legs were black with white stripes around
> them. Pretty thing. Long - made it look like a bundle
> of legs. Latter I saw several more.
> The flies known to anglers as "Yellow Sallies" had
> also started to hatch - only saw a couple of them
> sitting on a branch. Prehaps they will deposit their
> eggs this evening.
> Also a mayfly with a claret body. The inspiration for
> Mr Cowans popular fly "Dark Montreal" Good fish food.
> Once after I caught a fish a fellow angler asked what
> fly I had used. I replied my version of a Montreal. He
> looked at it and said - Well at least one of the
> suburbs!
> Enjoy the Loon Count
> Paul
>

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