Aquatic Insects of Central Virginia

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Domination! E. dorothea (spiny crawler) and I. namata (Perlodid stonefly) take over our streams

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The number of Ephemerella dorothea spiny crawlers in a lot of our streams at the moment is simply phenomenal -- thousands and thousands....
Friday, April 19, 2013

One down: the Free-living caddisfly larva was Rhyacophila ledra/fenestra

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The Rhyacophilid I found yesterday at the Doyles River (Blufton Road in Doylesville) appears to be Rhyacophila ledra .   R. ledra cannot...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

More new species: up to the Doyles

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This will have to be Part I. of this entry since I found three insects today that I need to ID.  This has been quite a week.  These are f...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

And another new species at Buck Mt. Creek: common stonefly, Paragnetina fumosa

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One week, two new species: pretty exciting!  This always happens when I'm convinced that I've seen every species in our streams t...
Sunday, April 14, 2013

Isoperla davisi: a new species -- and I almost missed it!

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In the first form of yesterday's entry, I called this photo one of the best pix I had gotten of an Isoperla namata Perodid stonefl...
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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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