Aquatic Insects of Central Virginia

Saturday, March 17, 2012

The Common Netspinner "Diplectrona modesta" -- and Other Treasures from Sugar Hollow

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I found a lot of nice insects today in the small stream I explore on the south side of the Moormans.  But it's the insect in the pho...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Small Minnow Mayflies Take the Day at Buck Mt. Creek

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They're the only small minnow mayflies I see in Buck Mt. Creek in the winter and early spring -- Heterocloeon amplum,  and they turne...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

At the Moment, Not Much Diversity at the Rapidan River

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Oh, there were a lot of insects today at the Rapidan River, but there was very little see but Isoperla nr. namatas (Perlodid stoneflies,...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Heterocloeon amplum: Our Small Minnow Mayflies Mature

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I haven't done much serious fishing since I moved to Virginia (2003), but were I to head to a stream in March and April, I'd be sur...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The Freeliving Caddisfly Rhyacophila carolina in Whippoorwill Branch

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I made a quick trip to the Whippoorwill Branch of the Mechums this afternoon, and while most everything that I found was expected, this one...
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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Slammed! By Lepidostomatids and Peltoperlids

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This is the kind of silliness that I had to put up with this morning while taking my pictures: it was ridiculous!  And look at these clow...
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Professor of Chinese Religions at Dartmouth College, 1976-2006. Avid fly fisherman who developed an interest in benthic macroinvertebrates while volunteering with StreamWatch in Charlottesville. For more of his photos, go to https://www.flickr.com/photos/aquaticinsects_of_central_virginia/sets/.
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