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.
Troutnut on Mar 13, 2007March 13th, 2007, 5:01 pm EDT
I just made a little code change that should make it much easier to read the posts on the forum without having to squint or follow along with a little piece of paper to keep yourself on the right line.
Any objections?
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist