Artistic view of a Male Pteronarcys californica (Pteronarcyidae) (Giant Salmonfly) Stonefly Adult from the Gallatin River in Montana

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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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Lateral view of a Onocosmoecus (Limnephilidae) (Great Late-Summer Sedge) Caddisfly Larva from the Yakima River in Washington

This specimen keys pretty easily to Onocosmoecus, and it closely resembles a specimen from Alaska which caddis expert Dave Ruiter recognized as this genus. As with that specimen, the only species in the genus documented in this area is Onocosmoecus unicolor, but Dave suggested for that specimen that there might be multiple not-yet-distinguished species under the unicolor umbrella and it would be best to stick with the genus-level ID. I'm doing the same for this one.

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Brachycentrus

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on May 7, 2014May 7th, 2014, 5:46 pm EDT

Found a couple of caddisflies on a rock.

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on May 7, 2014May 7th, 2014, 6:28 pm EDT

I have never seen that many so well packed in.

That's what grannoms do. Maybe Creno can tell us why. I managed to grab 10 or 15 at once and the ones that didn't get away were all females but I don't know if that was just random. I did notice some crawling down the rock and then underwater. I'm assuming to lay eggs?

Crepuscular

Boiling Springs, PA

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Crepuscular on May 8, 2014May 8th, 2014, 2:37 am EDT

Did this just happen ???

The Brachycentrus sp. emergences here (South Central PA) start in the beginning of April.

Oldredbarn

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Oldredbarn on May 8, 2014May 8th, 2014, 7:57 pm EDT

Nice Eric...With us being behind you a bit weather wise, what do you think I'm tying up? :)

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Grants Pass, OR

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Creno on May 9, 2014May 9th, 2014, 9:24 am EDT

Sorry - I have never seen that and cannot find any literature that addresses it. Some Brachycentrus are known to pupate in masses, and males of some species often have very brief emergence periods, even a day or two. But that doesn't really explain why all the males would get together in a mass. They should be out wandering the neighborhood. Many caddis use pheromones to get the adults together. But if that mass was all females that wouldn't make much sense either. I am at a loss but great pics. May I use them to show other caddis folks? Maybe some one else has an idea what is going on.

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Crepuscular on May 10, 2014May 10th, 2014, 9:39 am EDT