The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.
Water mites are common in lakes and ponds but because they are so small they do not get noticed.These specimens are from temporary wetlands in Glacier National Park.
This arthropod was collected from Various wetlands in Montana on July 20th, 2010 and added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26th, 2011.