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

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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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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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Can't figure this one out

Xavier_Carp has attached this picture to aid in identification. The message is below.

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Xavier_Carp on Sep 8, 2007September 8th, 2007, 5:26 am EDT

Does anyone knows what is this??? my best guess is that it is an aquatic hemiptera

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Troutnut on Sep 8, 2007September 8th, 2007, 6:07 am EDT

You're right, it's a Belostoma water bug, which is in Hemiptera. I've got some cool closeup pics of them.

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Troutnut on Sep 10, 2007September 10th, 2007, 8:08 pm EDT

OK, good point, it's Belostomatidae. I thought I remembered the other genera had more distinctly different body shapes but I guess that's not true for all species.

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Xavier_Carp on Sep 11, 2007September 11th, 2007, 11:45 am EDT

Jason, thanks a lot, next time out I'll try to get an adult but at least I'll know what I'm looking for

Regards

Xavier

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Jmd123 on Sep 12, 2007September 12th, 2007, 2:35 pm EDT

Be careful handling these guys - though it's never happened to me, they can apparently bite pretty hard, and they actually inject venom to make it hurt even more. Watch out!

Jonathon

No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...

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Troutnut on Sep 12, 2007September 12th, 2007, 4:23 pm EDT

Yeah, just look through my closeup head shots of Belostoma flumineum and you'll see why you don't want to get toooooo close. I haven't been bit, either, but word is it's not fun. One of their common names is "toebiter."

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Doublea176 on Mar 27, 2011March 27th, 2011, 9:25 am EDT

This is the nymph of the aquatic giant water bug. You can tell it is a nymph by the lack of wings extending over the abdomen. It is in the order Hemiptera and the suborder Heteroptera. It is either in the genus Belostoma or Lethocerus, but I cannot tell from this picture.