Troutnut.com Fly Fishing for Trout Home
User Password
or register.
Scientific name search:

Tricos

Scientific Name
MatchScientific Name
***Leptohyphidae

This common name refers to only one family.

Mayfly Family Leptohyphidae

These are often called Tricos.
Read about the Tricorythodes genus for details. It is very important to trout anglers and it's the only significant trout stream genus in this family.

Most of the other genera are found only in warm waters in Mexico and the Southwest.
Tricorythodes (Tricos) Mayfly LarvaTricorythodes (Tricos) Mayfly Larva View 1 Pictures
Collected June 15, 2002 from in
Added to Troutnut.com by on June 26, 2011
Female Tricorythodes (Tricos) Mayfly SpinnerFemale Tricorythodes (Tricos) Mayfly Spinner View 9 PicturesI photographed this Trico alive, although it didn't have much time left. These things die very quickly after they mate and it's hard to rush them back to the studio.
Collected September 8, 2006 from in
Added to Troutnut.com by on October 4, 2006
See 4 more specimens...
Top 10 Fly Hatches
BaetidaeEphemerellidaeHexagenia limbataBaetisHeptageniidaeChironomidaeIsonychiaHydropsychidaeEphemerellaEphemerella subvaria
Top Gift Shop Designs
I outfish my daddy!Electric blue Hendrickson dun.I love buggers. Big, green, wooly ones.I outfish my husband!Be the trout.
Eat mayflies.
Top Insect Specimens
Rhyacophila fuscula Caddisfly LarvaEphemerella subvaria Mayfly DunHexagenia limbata Mayfly NymphCorydalus Hellgrammite LarvaEphemera guttulata Mayfly Dun
Miscellaneous Sites