The weather was perfect yesterday so I headed up to Greene County to look for bugs in Entry Run and South River. I wasn't disappointed. On some of the rocks I turned over, there were 20-30 nymphs, both Epeorus pleuralis (Quill Gordons to fly fisherman) and Baetis tricaudatus small minnow mayflies. It was really awesome. It wasn't hard to get some pretty good photos.
1. Baetis tricaudatus, female, several shots including the one at the top of the page, and one with one nymph on its side and another on its back.
2. A flatheaded mayfly, Epeorus pleuralis.
3. A "common netspinner," Hydropsyche (C.) alhedra. Remember that this netspinner species is very intolerant, rating 0.0 on a scale of 0-10.
and 4. A "free living" caddisfly larva, Rhyacophila fuscula, with a good look from the side and underneath.
