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.
This species is uncommonly collected except from wells. It is a hyporheic species living in the river gravels of river floodplains until it is ready to emerge.
The head shape is an important identifier.
This stonefly was collected from the Flathead River-upper in Montana on April 15th, 2010 and added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26th, 2011.