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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This one pretty clearly keys to Kogotus, but it also looks fairly different from specimens I caught in the same creek about a month later in the year. With only one species of the genus known in Washington, I'm not sure about the answer to this ID.
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Female Brachycentrus americanus (American Grannom) Caddisfly Adult Pictures
Size 11 mm. Prior to this photo the specimen dropped its large egg mass that was a very dark (almost black) olive sphere almost twice the diameter of the abdomen. Notice the abdomen visible through the wings is both thickened and shortened post egg drop.
This caddisfly was collected from the Fall River in California on October 15th, 2011 and added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on October 21st, 2011.
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locality
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Posted by Creno on Oct 21, 2011
Last reply on Oct 21, 2011 by Troutnut
there is a link for the locality however the link does not work. Is it possible to include locality information with the image itself? That way when a link is broke in the future it is still possible to associate the specimen with the location, date, collector, etc.
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Female Brachycentrus americanus (American Grannom) Caddisfly Adult Pictures
Collection details
Location: Fall River, California
Date: October 15th, 2011
Added to site: October 21st, 2011
Author: Entoman
Date: October 15th, 2011
Added to site: October 21st, 2011
Author: Entoman