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

The giant Salmonflies of the Western mountains are legendary for their proclivity to elicit consistent dry-fly action and ferocious strikes.

Dorsal view of a Neoleptophlebia (Leptophlebiidae) Mayfly Nymph from the Yakima River in Washington
Some characteristics from the microscope images for the tentative species id: The postero-lateral projections are found only on segment 9, not segment 8. Based on the key in Jacobus et al. (2014), it appears to key to Neoleptophlebia adoptiva or Neoleptophlebia heteronea, same as this specimen with pretty different abdominal markings. However, distinguishing between those calls for comparing the lengths of the second and third segment of the labial palp, and this one (like the other one) only seems to have two segments. So I'm stuck on them both. It's likely that the fact that they're immature nymphs stymies identification in some important way.
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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Rdjudy
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Rdjudy on Jul 28, 2008July 28th, 2008, 7:26 am EDT
I have been retained by the City of Denton, TX to put together a compilation of larval/nymph photos to aid our volunteers and other cities' personnel in identification. These photos/ID's only need to go to family for water quality purposes. I have a list of commonly found Orders and Families that I could post if anyone is interested in helping me out. You will, of course, get credit for the photo.

Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. You can reach me directly at rdjudy@charter.net.
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Taxon on Jul 28, 2008July 28th, 2008, 8:13 am EDT
Robert-

It would be useful if you posted the desired list of orders and families.
Best regards,
Roger Rohrbeck
www.FlyfishingEntomology.com

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