Saturday, July 1, 2017

But I forgot about Paraleptophlebia jeanae

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My post of two days ago was premature.  I had forgotten all about the article I read just two weeks ago(!), written by R.P Randolph and W...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

A strong likelihood that this pronggilled is Paraleptophlebia debilis

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I've been looking through photos I've taken of mayflies, looking for Pronggilled mayflies, and yesterday I came across this one, ...
Sunday, June 25, 2017

Getting to know the Pronggilled mayflies

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I went up to the upper stretch of the Doyles River this morning -- just short of where it flows out of the Shenandoah National Park.  I w...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Yes. It keys out to Paraleptophlebia strigula

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Always exciting to find something new, especially when it's something that has not yet been attested in the state of Virginia. Pron...
Thursday, June 22, 2017

Paraleptophlebia strigula? An intriguing possibility

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A follow-up to my two previous entries.  As I was putting my copy of Knopp and Cormier away this morning, I took another quick look at th...
Wednesday, June 21, 2017

The "Blue Quills" -- Pronggilled Mayflies: Focus, genus Paraleptophlebia

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We seem to be seeing a lot of pronggilled mayfly nymphs this summer, so I thought I might review and comment on the problem of species id...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Something old something new in Sugar Hollow this morning

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In the last month as we've searched our streams for Isoperla sp. VA (still no luck), we've been finding a fair number of Pronggi...