Friend or foe on my California Wonder?

[TexasTycoon]

Can anyone help identify this critter that looks kinda like a dragonfly?

[TexasTycoon]

That stake on the left is a little thicker than pencil width, if that helps with scale.

[Worth1]

Looks like a mayfly.
Harmless if it is.
Worth

[heirloomtomaguy]

I shoot and ask questions later. It cant ruin your plants if its dead. If its harmless then you killed a bug no biggie.

[AlittleSalt]

It does look like a Mayfly. You can find a lot of them around fresh water lakes, rivers, creeks, etc.

[Worth1]

Don't kill it, it is a Mayfly.
They dont even eat after they are adults and never hurt plants in any way.

Worth

[AlittleSalt]

Here's from a link https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...lies+eat%3F%22

Hence they are known as detritivores as well as herbivores. Typically, they feed on algae, which they collect by grazing among stones and weeds. Some mayfly species have adaptations that allow them to eat small food particles and some of the larger species can be carnivorous and prey on other aquatic insects.

[TexasTycoon]

After googling, I agree that it's probably a little mayfly! Glad I didn't kill him. Makes sense since we live near a pond, I bet we'll see more around. Thanks for the help!

[heirloomtomaguy]

Alright alright alright let it live its a mayfly and its good for lakes and rivers.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by heirloomtomaguy

Alright alright alright let it live its a mayfly and its good for lakes and rivers.

Which goes in direct agreement to your statement at the end of each post if you think about it.
Sometimes the easy way isn't always best.

“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

[Dutch]

If you give it a little nudge from behind with a tooth pick,
it may fly.
Dutch

[AlittleSalt]

Mayflies are actually a nuisance to fishermen. They like flying up to your face and eyes, land in your hair, and they really like Coleman lanterns. If you use a small Aberdeen fish hook or other thin hook - you can use them for bait to catch sunfish. (Sunfish are called by many names and cover a lot of varieties, but the ones I'm writing about are usually called, "Bluegill or Perch") I grew up calling them, "Perch" even though they look nothing like a real Perch.

The first picture is a Perch and the second is a Bluegill sunfish.

[flyfiishn]

Definitely a mayfly and not harmful at all. Probably a BWO or blue wing olive as we fly fishers call them. They're aquatic in nature and have to have water nearby, do you by chance live near a river or lake?

Cool bugs, their life span is pretty short, sometimes 24 hrs but they survive by sheer numbers.

Heres a giant mayfly called the Hexagenia Limbata. Trout go crazy for them and this makes me very happy when 20" + are gorging themselves on them.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by flyfiishn

Definitely a mayfly and not harmful at all. Probably a BWO or blue wing olive as we fly fishers call them. They're aquatic in nature and have to have water nearby, do you by chance live near a river or lake?

Cool bugs, their life span is pretty short, sometimes 24 hrs but they survive by sheer numbers.

Heres a giant mayfly called the Hexagenia Limbata. Trout go crazy for them and this makes me very happy when 20" + are gorging themselves on them.

Yes Kelly said she lived near a pond.

Worth

[TexasTycoon]

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