Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.
This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.
RleeP
NW PA - Pennsylvania's Glacial Pothole Wonderland
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RleeP on Nov 30, 2010November 30th, 2010, 6:28 am EST
>>it's so nice to be able to go to a site where i know i'll find the fringe left. the cooks whose political ideas are a danger to not only themselves but the good and will of the entire united states.>>
I dare you next time you go to a restaurant to stick your head in the kitchen and slur the chef in this way. If you're lucky, the least that may happen is that you'll come back to your table wearing a pot of Hollandaise sauce..
Troutnut on Nov 30, 2010November 30th, 2010, 8:44 am EST
Did trtklr think I broke my ban button or something?
(For anyone new to the site who reads this and think I'm being too harsh, know that this guy is a repeat offender and previously banned troll who more than earned his punishment.)
(Second edit: Turns out the whole thing was a practical joke by a productive regular here. No trtklr after all!)
(Third edit: I was confused by somebody's note -- it actually was trtklr! Re-banning. Would have been a good joke, though.)
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist