Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

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Psychodidae True Fly Larva Psychodidae True Fly Larva

Lateral view of a Psychodidae True Fly Larva from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington

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.

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Need help ID Nemoura nymph

Cherylkorca has attached these 5 pictures to aid in identification. The message is below.

Cherylkorca

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Cherylkorca on Feb 18, 2020February 18th, 2020, 4:17 pm EST

Hello, I did recently sampled our home water the Bitterroot river in SW Montana and I collected 2 stoneflys specimens and I know for fact one of them is Skwala nymph but the smaller one wanted to verify if is Nemoura nymph , the problem I am having is that this stone fly nymph appear to be much larger in length that my good reference book Aquatic insects by Rick Hafele shows ?
The do overlap each other i emergance time , Capnia first ( smallest of 3 ) than Nemoura and than biggest Skwala

Thank you for anyone who could help out with this nymph ID , I did include collage with adult Nemoura and hope to be a nymph in same order , but not so sure about the nymph ??

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Millcreek on Feb 19, 2020February 19th, 2020, 2:05 am EST

My guess is that it's not a Nemouridae, but a Perlodidae. The easiest way to tell the difference is to look at the mouth. If you have access to a microscope or a magnifying glass take a look at the glossae and paraglossae, they should be more or less the same size in Nemouridae. In Perlodidae the paraglossae should be much larger than the glossae.

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Leskorcala
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Leskorcala on Feb 24, 2020February 24th, 2020, 4:39 pm EST

Hello , Thank you for a great tip to distinguish two however i have bad eyes ( blind on one ) and use magnifying glass 8X but i can not see it.I did take several closeup images with my camera , perhaps I can show it to you.
I need to figure out first how to attach some images.