Saturday, June 11, 2016

Always a nice surprise: the "green stonefly" (Chloroperlidae), genus Alloperla

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So small -- but so pretty.  Chloroperlid -- green stonefly -- Alloperla sp. I don't see this one often, but I have found them before...
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Perlesta from a small mountain stream -- check!

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I don't hold out much hope that we'll be identifying Perlesta stoneflies to the level of species anytime soon.  But it's pos...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Mature insects galore in Sugar Hollow

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It's that time of year when this season's "crop" of mayflies and stoneflies is about to take wing.  And I found a lot o...
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

The spiny crawler Drunella cornutella: lots of them today at the Doyles

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I noted in my last entry that I should stick to the small mountain streams for awhile: should have done that today.  The Doyles River at ...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Common stoneflies -- uncommonly colorful: Perlesta at Buck Mt. Creek

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Just back from Buck Mt. Creek where the water remains high and slightly off-color.  Just need to stick to the small mountain streams for ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

And it's a new Rhithrogena at the Rapidan River. Species? Could be R. manifesta

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Maybe the most colorful mayfly nymph that I've ever seen.  Yellows, browns, oranges -- just spectacular.  I knew when I was taking th...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Some awesome photos today: back to Sugar Hollow

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Tough to know where to begin today: we found some beautiful insects. Above, our as yet unidentified species of  Isoperla  ("stri...