Aquatic Insects of Central Virginia

Friday, October 19, 2012

Making the Case for yet Another Common Netspinner: Ceratopsyche alhedra

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On 9/12, I posted this photo of what at the time I thought was the netspinner, Hydropsyche betteni .  I'm now pretty sure I was wrong...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Assigning Tolerance Values and the Common Netspinner Problem

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(Above, a common netspinner (Hydropsychidae), genus Hydropsyche , species not yet determined: found this morning at Buck Mt. Creek.) As...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Finding the "Tubercle" on the netspinner Hydropsyche Betteni

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I assure you this is not what I was after today: I went to Mechunk Creek in Cismont in hopes of finding some "baby" Large Winte...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

The Lynch River "Mirrors" the Doyles

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Well, there was one difference: one of the common stoneflies I found was Acroneuria carolinensis -- at the Doyles I only saw Acroneuria a...
Saturday, October 13, 2012

Clioperla clio: Another Perlodid Shows Up for the New Season

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I saw a real mixture of insects at the Doyles River this morning, including more, tiny, small winter stoneflies and very small Perlodids,...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Crossing the Line Between "Macro" and "Micro": The Stonefly Season Begins

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The Chinese have a saying -- 說曹操,曹操就來了 -- "Speak of Cao Cao and here he comes," sort of the equivalent of "Speak of the De...
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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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