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Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana
Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica

The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.

Mystery Creek # 237 in Montana

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27" brown trout, my largest ever. It was the sub-dominant fish in its pool. After this, I hooked the bigger one, but I couldn't land it.
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Alderfly Species Sialis hamata

Species Range

Specimens of the Alderfly Species Sialis hamata

1 Male Adult
Male Sialis hamata Alderfly Adult
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Male Sialis hamata (Sialidae) Alderfly Adult from the Touchet River in Washington
Added by Bnewell on May 18, 2012
Collected May 14, 2012 from the Touchet River in Washington and added by Bnewell on May 18, 2012

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Alderfly Species Sialis hamata

Taxonomy
  1. Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
  2. » Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
  3. » Class Insecta (Insects)
  4. » Order Megaloptera (Hellgrammites, Dobsonflies, and Alderflies)
  5. » Family Sialidae (Alderflies)
  6. » Genus Sialis
  7. » Species hamata
Species Range
Resources
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  • Described by Ross, H. H. Studies of Nearctic aquatic insects. I. Nearctic alder flies of the genus Sialis (Megaloptera, Sialidae). Bulletin of the Illinois [State] Natural History Survey 21:57-78 [Errata: printed on a free slip of paper inserted in the work]. (1937).
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