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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This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.
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Stonefly Genus Alloperla (Sallflies)
This is a common genus.
Genus Range
Specimens of the Stonefly Genus Alloperla
1 Female Adult
These little green stoneflies were the most common bug on a June day fishing the North Fork Couer d'Alene, although the trout never rose more than sporadically to them or anything else.
3 Adults
This specimen was completely green when I collected it from among many others gathered on a midstream rock along with their nymphal shucks early in the morning. There was also a yellow one with them, which I assumed was a different species. Now that I've seen how this one started changing from green to yellow, I have to wonder if they weren't the same species and the yellow one was just older.
At Touchet Corral.
2 Nymphs
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References
- Schwiebert, Ernest G. 1955. Matching the Hatch. MacMillan Publishing Company.
Stonefly Genus Alloperla (Sallflies)
Taxonomy
Species in Alloperla
Alloperla biserrataDusky Sallflies
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Alloperla caudataLittle Yellow Stoneflies
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Alloperla delicataLittle Green Stoneflies
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Alloperla imbecillaLittle Green Stoneflies
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Alloperla leonardaTruncate Sallflies
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Alloperla naninaSwannanoa Sallflies
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Alloperla severaLittle Green Stoneflies
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Species in Alloperla: Alloperla biserrata, Alloperla caudata, Alloperla delicata, Alloperla imbecilla, Alloperla leonarda, Alloperla nanina, Alloperla severa
22 species (Alloperla acadiana, Alloperla aracoma, Alloperla atlantica, Alloperla banksi, Alloperla caddo, Alloperla chandleri, Alloperla chloris, Alloperla concolor, Alloperla fraterna, Alloperla furcula, Alloperla hamata, Alloperla idei, Alloperla medveda, Alloperla natchez, Alloperla neglecta, Alloperla ouachita, Alloperla pilosa, Alloperla roberti, Alloperla serrata, Alloperla usa, Alloperla voinae, and Alloperla vostoki) aren't included.