Aquatic Insects of Central Virginia

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Photos from the Rapidan River

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I went up to the Rapidan River on Monday to see if I could find any insects.  The water was high and fast, but I found quite a few things...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Another free-living caddisfly species -- Rhyacophila torva

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This is an exciting find I made a few weeks ago while exploring one of my favorite streams in Sugar Hollow.  The stream is on the land of...

Big News: Isoperla sp. VA has been identified as Isoperla nelsoni

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I have several entries to post, but I'll start with some big news from Steve Beaty.  The Isoperla stonefly nymph that we've been...
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Friday, October 26, 2018

New Insects from Oregon: Drunella spinifera and Rickera sorpta

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It's been awhile since I've posted an entry, but it's been awhile since I found anything new.  But I lucked out last week whe...
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Saturday, April 14, 2018

Cinygmula subaequalis: do the nymphs differ by gender?

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One of the flatheaded mayfly nymphs that easy to ID, even just using a loupe in the field, is Cinygmula subaequalis ( subaequalis is t...
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Saturday, April 7, 2018

An odd pair of spiny crawlers at the Doyles River yesterday

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It's the time of year when we see a lot of spiny crawlers in all of our streams, for the most part, genus Ephemerella .  E. invaria ...
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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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