This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.
Billj on Apr 23, 2011April 23rd, 2011, 5:28 am EDT
hello, I am stumped and the fish biologists here are shrugging and throwing out guesses as to what I have here.
most think its a diptera with the legs already dissolved but I disagree, its a hard casement and all of the ice out brook trout are full of them in the ponds here in S. VT.
what the heck are they?
half an inch in length to almost an inch, I will try to dissect one open this week if I catch more with them in it.