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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.

Sunlight perfectly strikes the trees at a bend in the Foss River in the Washington Cascades. From the Foss River in Washington

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Male Rhithrogena morrisoni (Western March Brown) Mayfly Spinner Pictures

This mayfly was collected from the Touchet River in Washington on May 2nd, 2011 and added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 27th, 2011.


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Male Rhithrogena morrisoni (Western March Brown) Mayfly Spinner Pictures

Taxonomy
  1. Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
  2. » Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
  3. » Class Insecta (Insects)
  4. » Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
  5. » Family Heptageniidae (March Browns, Cahills, Quill Gordons)
  6. » Genus Rhithrogena
  7. » Species morrisoni (Western March Browns)
Collection details
Location: Touchet River, Washington
Date: May 2nd, 2011
Added to site: June 27th, 2011
Author: Bnewell
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