Aquatic Insects of Central Virginia

Thursday, May 23, 2013

And another genus of spiny crawler at Buck Mt. Creek: Eurylophella

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On my most recent trips to Buck Mt. Creek I've seen a lot of spiny crawlers: two species, Ephemerella dorothea and Drunella tubercul...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

And the Perlodid stoneflies I've found that are "not" in Buck Mt. Creek are...

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1. Isogenoides hansoni -- at the Rapidan River (in the photo above): TV, undetermined (too rare) 2. Isoperla nr. holochlora -- at...

Buck Mt. Creek -- a Perlodid stonefly "factory"

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Buck Mt. Creek originates in the northern part of Albemarle county, not far from the boundary of the Shenandoah National Park.  I look fo...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Drunella day at the Doyles: Drunella walkeri, Drunella tuberculata (spiny crawler mayflies)

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The spiny crawler, Drunella walkeri .  I've seen them before -- in the Doyles River and in Buck Mt. Creek -- but I've never seen ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Let's give the Spiny Crawlers their due

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This morning I went to a small mountain stream in Sugar Hollow, one of the seven that I visit in a fairly regular way.  I saw quite a few...
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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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