Hex Mayflies
Hexagenia limbata
The famous nocturnal Hex hatch of the Midwest (and a few other lucky locations) stirs to the surface mythically large brown trout that only touch streamers for the rest of the year.
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This specimen keys to the Epeorus albertae group of species. Of the five species in that group, the two known in Washington state are Epeorus albertae and Epeorus dulciana. Of the two, albertae has been collected in vastly more locations in Washington than dulciana, suggesting it is far more common. On that basis alone I'm tentatively putting this nymph in albertae, with the large caveat that there's no real information to rule out dulciana.
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Backswimmer Genus Notonecta
No information for Notonecta is online yet, so it's not included in the main link structure of the site.Backswimmer Genus Notonecta
Taxonomy
17 species (Notonecta borealis, Notonecta hoffmani, Notonecta indica, Notonecta insulata, Notonecta irrorata, Notonecta kirbyi, Notonecta lobata, Notonecta lunata, Notonecta montezuma, Notonecta petrunkevitchi, Notonecta raleighi, Notonecta repanda, Notonecta shooterii, Notonecta spinosa, Notonecta uhleri, Notonecta undulata, and Notonecta unifasciata) aren't included.