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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Midge Genus Stictochironomus

Specimens of the Midge Genus Stictochironomus

1 Male Adult

Male Stictochironomus Midge Adult

11 Pictures

This midge and several like it, including a female I also photographed, hatched from emergence which were living in some fine mud I'm using as substrate in my bug-rearing aquarium.

Collected April 10, 2007 from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

Added by Troutnut on April 10, 2007

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Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Diptera (True Flies)

» Family Chironomidae (Midges)

» Genus Stictochironomus