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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.

Enfield Creek in New York

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Dorsal view of a Skwala (Perlodidae) (Large Springfly) Stonefly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.
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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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Insect Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers and Crickets)

Grasshoppers and crickets are terrestrial insects--the only part of their life cycle spent in the water is the "oops" stage. Grasshoppers are most important to the trout, but crickets may fall into streams as well.

Specimens of the Insect Order Orthoptera

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Acrididae (Grasshopper) Insect Adult
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Lateral view of a Acrididae (Grasshopper) Insect Adult from Green Lake Outlet in Idaho
Added by Troutnut on August 19, 2020
Collected August 3, 2020 from Green Lake Outlet in Idaho and added by Troutnut on August 19, 2020

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Insect Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers and Crickets)

Taxonomy
  1. Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
  2. » Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
  3. » Class Insecta (Insects)
  4. » Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers and Crickets)
Family in Orthoptera
AcrididaeGrasshoppers
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GryllidaeCrickets
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Family in Orthoptera: Acrididae, Gryllidae
31 families (Anastostomatidae, Arcypteridae, Batrachididae, Catantopidae, Charilaidae, Chrotogonidae, Cooloolidae, Cylindrachetidae, Gryllacrididae, Gryllotalpidae, Gryllotalpidae, Lathiceridae, Lentulidae, Mogoplistidae, Myrmecophilidae, Pamphagidae, Pneumoridae, Prophalangopsidae, Proscopiidae, Pyrgomorphidae, Rhaphidophoridae, Rhipipterygidae, Schizodactylidae, Stenopelmatidae, Tetrigidae, Tetrigidae, Tetrigidae, Tettigoniidae, Tettigoniidae, Tridactylidae, and Tridactylidae) aren't included.
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