Aquatic Insects of Central Virginia

Friday, June 22, 2012

Summer Insects in the Moormans

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I took a look at the Moormans this morning -- above and below the first bridge.  The most excitement? I saw quite a few trout!  I wish the...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Flatheads, Small Minnows, and -- Oh Yes -- a "Whirligig Beetle": Buck Mt. Creek

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One of the strangest critters we see in our streams -- some of them -- in the summer: a whirligig beetle larva (Gyrinidae), genus, Dine...
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Maturity and Mystery: Insects from the Doyles River at Blufton Road

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Just when I think that the Baetis intercalaris small minnow mayflies are just beginning to show up in our streams -- and to date, I have...
Saturday, June 16, 2012

The Common Stonefly (Perlid), genus Neoperla: Back to the Powells

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It was one of those pleasant mornings when I actually found what I was looking for -- and I did not have to look very long.  This is the co...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Heptagenia marginalis Flatheads Return to the Moormans

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The flatheaded mayflies were well represented today at the Moormans: I was below the bridge on Rt. 601, Free Union Road.  I found a num...
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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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