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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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Dorsal view of a Prostoia (Nemouridae) (Tiny Winter Black) Stonefly Nymph from Salmon Creek in New York
Acroneuria
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Acroneuria on Jan 20, 2007January 20th, 2007, 12:47 pm EST
Hard to tell what genus this belongs to; nemourids can be tricky. Capniids are most often confused with Leuctrids--they are very similar.
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Troutnut on Jan 20, 2007January 20th, 2007, 12:51 pm EST
Thanks. What characteristic sets it apart?
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PeterO on Apr 26, 2007April 26th, 2007, 10:01 am EDT
This Nemourid looks like Prostoia sp. A common gill-less genus in central NY.

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