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 is the first of it's family I've seen, collected from a tiny, fishless stream in the Cascades. The three species of this genus all live in the Northwest and are predators that primarily eat stonefly nymphs Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. (2019).
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Stonefly Genus Amphinemura (Tiny Winter Blacks)
Genus Range
Specimens of the Stonefly Genus Amphinemura
1 Female Adult
A few of these tiny stoneflies were among the only species of aquatic insect adults in the air on this particular afternoon, with most of the action coming from a species of Epeorus mayfly. I somehow forgot to photograph this one on the usual ruler, but I recall it was very, very small, with an abdomen no more than 1mm in girth and the body, not counting the wings, probably just 5-7mm long.
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References
- Merritt R.W., Cummins, K.W., and Berg, M.B. 2019. An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America (Fifth Edition). Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
Stonefly Genus Amphinemura (Tiny Winter Blacks)
Taxonomy
Species in Amphinemura
Amphinemura varshavaWarsaw Forestflies
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Species in Amphinemura: Amphinemura varshava
15 species (Amphinemura alabama, Amphinemura apache, Amphinemura appalachia, Amphinemura banksi, Amphinemura delosa, Amphinemura linda, Amphinemura mexicana, Amphinemura mockfordi, Amphinemura mogollonica, Amphinemura nigritta, Amphinemura puebla, Amphinemura reinerti, Amphinemura texana, Amphinemura venusta, and Amphinemura wui) aren't included.