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

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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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Glossosoma (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva Glossosoma (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva

Dorsal view of a Glossosoma (Glossosomatidae) (Little Brown Short-horned Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

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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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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Female Drunella doddsii (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Dun Pictures

I still haven't got my good camera gear set up, but I wanted to get my first Alaskan bug specimen online, so I photographed this one with my point+shoot in the raft.

Female Drunella doddsii (Ephemerellidae) (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Dun from the Gulkana River in Alaska

Lateral view of a Female Drunella doddsii (Ephemerellidae) (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Dun from the Gulkana River in Alaska

Ventral view of a Female Drunella doddsii (Ephemerellidae) (Western Green Drake) Mayfly Dun from the Gulkana River in Alaska

This mayfly was collected from the Gulkana River in Alaska on July 8th, 2007 and added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 19th, 2007.

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Anyone know your western Drunella species?

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Posted by Troutnut on Jul 19, 2007

Last reply on Apr 12, 2012 by Entoman

Which one is this? It's from a south-central Alaskan river.

great photo's

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Posted by Pauly on May 26, 2011

Last reply on May 26, 2011 by Troutnut

I would like to thank you for taking the time to photograph and post these beautiful pictures. I'm 64 years old, and an avid fly fisherman. My new hobbie is taking pics of mayflies, and I'm getting excited. I've got a new tripod on order, and an excellent camera. I would find it a pleasure to share my photo's with everyone.

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