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Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.
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This one seems to tentatively key to Holocentropus, although I can't make out the anal spines in Couplet 7 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae nor the dark bands in Couplet 4 of the Key to Genera of Polycentropodidae Larvae, making me wonder if I went wrong somewhere in keying it out. I don't see where that could have happened, though. It might also be that it's a very immature larva and doesn't possess all the identifying characteristics in the key yet. If Holocentropus is correct, then Holocentropus flavus and Holocentropus interruptus are the two likely possibilities based on range, but I was not able to find a description of their larvae.
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And now for something... completely different.
And now for something... completely different.
By Troutnut on March 26th, 2012
I had an unexpected photo opportunity while walking around campus today, and snapped this raven with my phone's camera. I wrote it a little verse for it in the caption. Not a haiku, mind you. I live by the forum rules, too.
Photos by Troutnut from Miscellaneous Alaska in Alaska
Closeup insects by Bnewell from the Touchet River in Washington
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Entoman on Mar 29, 2012March 29th, 2012, 10:17 pm EDT
What's going on with this thread? How did these two get hooked up? Anyway, loved the great photo of the raven and the fun limerick!
"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman
Troutnut on Mar 30, 2012March 30th, 2012, 1:06 pm EDT
They're both site updates from the same day. That's how the automatic posts from the front page of the site are organized into the forum. I coded it that way thinking usually there would only be one contributor per day (so it would join all the photos & specimens from a particular fishing trip or something). It does get to looking a bit funny when people add two very different things though.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Entoman on Mar 30, 2012March 30th, 2012, 1:34 pm EDT
Ah, very good. That bird is a great subject. That photo was from your phone? Amazing!
"It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman