Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica
The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.
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With a bit of help from the microscope, this specimen keys clearly and unsurprisingly to Hydropsyche.
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Stonefly Genus Kogotus
Genus Range
Specimens of the Stonefly Genus Kogotus
1 Female Adult
3 Nymphs
Although Kogotus and Rickeri nymphs may be difficult or impossible to tell apart, I captured an adult Kogotus nonus specimen in the air on the same day as several of these nymphs, and they are likely the same species.
This one pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this ID.
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Stonefly Genus Kogotus
Taxonomy
Species in Kogotus
Kogotus nonusSmooth Springflies
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Species in Kogotus: Kogotus nonus
1 species (Kogotus modestus) isn't included.