Aquatic Insects of Central Virginia

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Thoughts on the Spiny Crawler "Explosion" and Evaluating our Streams

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As I've noted in entry after entry for the last month or so, our streams -- all of them -- are loaded at the moment with spiny crawler ...
Friday, April 20, 2012

Not Quite Ready to Fly: Maturing Insects in a Small Stream in Sugar Hollow

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As we saw yesterday, the prolific spring hatches have already begun.  But today I just saw the insects that are still getting ready to go. ...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Spiny Crawlers (E. dorothea), Flatheaded Mayflies (Rhithrogena) and Much More at the Upper Doyles River

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The rocks in mid-stream were covered with these little yellow stoneflies today.  Below is a photo taken on Sunday (4/15) of what appears ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Going, Going -- Well, Not Quite Gone: "Yellow Sallies" (Isoperla namata)

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I took this photo of a "Yellow Sally" last year on May 14. "Yellow Sallies" are the adult, terrestrial form of the Pe...
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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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