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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I caught this tiny larva without a case, but it seems to key pretty clearly to to Glossosomatidae. From there, the lack of sclerites on the mesonotum points to either Glossosoma or Anagapetus. Although it's difficult to see in a 2D image from the microscope, it's pretty clear in the live 3D view that the pronotum is only excised about 1/3 of its length to accommodate the forecoxa, not 2/3, which points to Glossosoma at Couplet 5 of the Key to Genera of Glossosomatidae Larvae.
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jim waters
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fishing now for about 55 years. neuropsychologist. especially interested in the behavior of the nymphs to improve my presentation. have recently gotten into czech and polish nymphing for which i purchased an 11' sage 6 wgt z axis and am getting a big kick out of it. i am very curious as to how you get your underwater photos; i was thinking about working out some sort of reverse periscope. jhw
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