It's been a good year so far in terms of finding new species of EPT, so I thought I'd sum up our findings so far.
1. In the photo above, a free living caddisfly larva, Rhyacophila torva. (Small mountain stream in Sugar Hollow.)
2. A new caddis casemaker, Ironoquia punctatissima. (Small intermittent stream in Sugar Hollow.)
3. An Ameletidae, Ameletus tertius. Rapidan River.
4. A new Hydropsychidae species, Ceratopsyche etnieri. (Buck Mt. Creek. Not the best photo. I hope to find another one soon.)
5. And another Hydropsychidae, Hydropsyche potomacensis. (Whippoorwill Branch of the Mechums.) (Again, I need to get a better photo.)
Also worth noting, I found a pronggilled mayfly that I've only seen once before. It's very uncommon.
6. Habrophlebia vibrans. (Small mountain stream in Sugar Hollow.)
Kind of a bumper crop this year. My summer focus will be working on Hydropsychidae, and I won't be surprised if I identify even more species.
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