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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.

Dorsal view of a Neoleptophlebia (Leptophlebiidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
Some characteristics from the microscope images for the tentative species id: The postero-lateral projections are found only on segment 9, not segment 8. Based on the key in Jacobus et al. (2014), it appears to key to Neoleptophlebia adoptiva or Neoleptophlebia heteronea, same as this specimen with pretty different abdominal markings. However, distinguishing between those calls for comparing the lengths of the second and third segment of the labial palp, and this one (like the other one) only seems to have two segments. So I'm stuck on them both. It's likely that the fact that they're immature nymphs stymies identification in some important way.
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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Male Cinygmula (Dark Red Quill) Mayfly Spinner Pictures

This male was collected from the same cloud of spinners as this female and is probably the same species. I'm tentatively calling them both Cinygmula for now, but I'm really not sure about that ID yet.

Male Cinygmula (Heptageniidae) (Dark Red Quill) Mayfly Spinner from Rock Creek in Montana
Male Cinygmula (Heptageniidae) (Dark Red Quill) Mayfly Spinner from Rock Creek in Montana
Lateral view of a Male Cinygmula (Heptageniidae) (Dark Red Quill) Mayfly Spinner from Rock Creek in Montana
Dorsal view of a Male Cinygmula (Heptageniidae) (Dark Red Quill) Mayfly Spinner from Rock Creek in Montana
Ventral view of a Male Cinygmula (Heptageniidae) (Dark Red Quill) Mayfly Spinner from Rock Creek in Montana
Each mark on the ruler is 1/16 inch

Ruler view of a Male Cinygmula (Heptageniidae) (Dark Red Quill) Mayfly Spinner from Rock Creek in Montana The smallest ruler marks are 1 mm.
Male Cinygmula (Heptageniidae) (Dark Red Quill) Mayfly Spinner from Rock Creek in Montana

This mayfly was collected from Rock Creek in Montana on August 17th, 2018 and added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 13th, 2019.


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Male Cinygmula (Dark Red Quill) Mayfly Spinner Pictures

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Location: Rock Creek, Montana
Date: August 17th, 2018
Added to site: June 13th, 2019
Author: Troutnut
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