Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana

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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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Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.

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27" brown trout, my largest ever. It was the sub-dominant fish in its pool. After this, I hooked the bigger one, but I couldn't land it.

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Stonefly Species Allocapnia sandersoni (Little Snowflies)

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Physical description

Most physical descriptions on Troutnut are direct or slightly edited quotes from the original scientific sources describing or updating the species, although there may be errors in copying them to this website. Such descriptions aren't always definitive, because species often turn out to be more variable than the original describers observed. In some cases, only a single specimen was described! However, they are useful starting points.

Description from GBIFthe Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Source: Epiproct And Dorsal Process Structure In The Allocapnia Forbesi Frison, Allocapnia Pygmaea (Burmeister), And Allocapnia Rickeri Frison Species Groups (Plecoptera: Capniidae), And Inclusion Of Allocapnia Minima (Newport) In A New Species Group

Male epiproct. Apical segment of upper limb ca. 286 µm long and armed on the apical ca. 202 µm with dense patch of wave-like spikes (Figs. 103 - 106); apical segment ca. 142 µm wide at base and slightly swollen to ca. 164 µm near base of armature; armed area gradually narrowed to a rounded tip. Basal segment of upper limb ca. 572 µm long and ca. 111 µm wide near mid-length; basal segment bears a shallow, longitudinal groove extending to near base of apical segment. Greatest width of lower limb ca. 198 µm; marginal area near spoon lined with sparse row of long setae. Male tergal process. Prominent raised, narrowly divided process on abdominal tergum 8 (Figs. 106 - 108). Process on tergum 8 ca. 214 µm wide and covered with scale-like structures; median notch of process ca. 36 µm wide.

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