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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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True Fly Family Limoniidae (Limoniid Crane Fly)
See Tipulidae for details about craneflies. This family is not known to differ from them in any ways important to anglers except appearance.
Specimens of the True Fly Family Limoniidae
5 Larvae
I'm not sure if this cranefly larva is in the genus Hexatoma or Limnophila, but the habitat suggests Hexatoma. Its coloring is iridescent, and I've never heard of that before. However, there is an insect virus genus Iridovirus which can infect craneflies and causes iridescence. It has not been reported in this region as far as I can tell, but perhaps it is the culprit. It makes for beautiful pictures.
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True Fly Family Limoniidae (Limoniid Crane Fly)
Taxonomy
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
» Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
» Class
Insecta (Insects)
» Order
Diptera (True Flies)
» Family Limoniidae (Limoniid Crane Flies)
12 genera (Chionea, Cladura, Dactyolabis, Elephantomyia, Epiphragma, Erioptera, Gnophomyia, Gonomyia, Limonia, Pilaria, Pseudolimnophila, and Toxorhina) aren't included.