This is not one of the new taxa that I've found this year -- but of the photos I've taken so far, it's one of my favorites: Baetidae (small minnow mayfly), Heterocloeon amplum, Doyles River, 2/6/12.
At the end of last year, I thought about bringing this blog to an end and moving on to something new. I was convinced that I had seen all of the mayfly (E), stonefly (P) and caddisfly (T) species that I was going to see in our local streams, so in 2012, I would not have too much to say and no new photos to post. I was wrong, and I'm glad I decided to keep going. It's been a year of many discoveries, and I now think there are a lot more EPT species out there to be found and identified. While there's a pause in the action -- heat, drought, lack of rain -- scarcity of "interesting" insects -- I thought I might remind everyone of the new species we've seen so far this year. I will post only one photo per taxon. For more photos, go to:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aquaticinsects_of_central_virginia.
I. Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
A. Baetidae (small minnow mayflies)
1. Baetis tricaudatus
2. Plauditus dubius
3. Iswaeon anoka (formerly Heterocloeon anoka)
B. Heptageniadae (flatheaded mayflies)
1. Maccaffertium meririvulanum
2. Maccaffertium vicarium
3. Maccaffertium pudicum
4. Maccaffertium ithaca
5. Cinygmula subaequalis
C. Ephemerellidae (spiny crawler mayflies)
1. Drunella cornutella
2. Teloganopsis deficiens (formerly Serratella deficiens)
D. Ephemeridae (common burrower mayflies)
1. Ephemera guttalata
II. Stoneflies (Plecoptera
A. Perlodidae (Perlodid stoneflies)
1. Malirekus hastatus
B. Chloroperlidae (green stoneflies)
1. genus Haploperla
2. genus Alloperla
C. Capniidae (small winter stoneflies)
1. genus Paracapnia
III. Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
A. Rhyacophilidae (freeliving caddisflies)
1. Rhyacophila nigrita
2. Rhyacophila glaberrima
3. Rhyacophila carolina
B. Philopotamidae (fingernet caddisflies)
1. genus Wormaldia
What next? Stay tuned.
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