Salmonflies
Pteronarcys californica
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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With a bit of help from the microscope, this specimen keys clearly and unsurprisingly to Hydropsyche.
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DMM
Posts: 34
Posts: 34
DMM on Jan 19, 2007January 19th, 2007, 3:00 pm EST
Calopteryx
These are beautiful as adults. Wherever you get these, you should go back when they are emerging. Alternatively, keep them in your aquarium until they emerge. They're easy enough to keep...except when you have Aeshna with them...
These are beautiful as adults. Wherever you get these, you should go back when they are emerging. Alternatively, keep them in your aquarium until they emerge. They're easy enough to keep...except when you have Aeshna with them...
David
Martinlf on Jan 20, 2007January 20th, 2007, 4:57 am EST
This sounds like a great idea. I hope to set up an aquarium in the future to watch some bugs emerge.
"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'"
--Fred Chappell
--Fred Chappell