Hex Mayflies
Hexagenia limbata
The famous nocturnal Hex hatch of the Midwest (and a few other lucky locations) stirs to the surface mythically large brown trout that only touch streamers for the rest of the year.
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This seems to be a young larva of Limnephilus. Although not clear in the picture, several ventral abdominal segments have chloride epithelia.
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Photos by Troutnut from the Rush River in Wisconsin
On-stream insect photos by Troutnut from the Rush River in Wisconsin
Closeup insects by Bnewell from the Flathead River in Montana
I have been told this is the only western aquatic moth, Petrophila confusalis, see here on milkweed blossoms.
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