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Stonefly Species Hesperoperla pacifica (Golden Stone)

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
» Class Insecta (Insects)
» Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
» Family Perlidae (Golden Stones)
» Genus Hesperoperla (Golden Stones)
» Species pacifica (Golden Stone)
Common Names
MatchCommon Name
***Golden Stone
**Big Golden Stone
*Willowfly
This species was better known under its former name, Acroneuria pacifica. It's the only stonefly in the angler's Golden Stone category which bears the scientifically accepted common name Golden Stone as well.

In 1955 in Matching the Hatch, Ernest Schwiebert wrote that this species is partially responsible for the "willow fly" hatches of the West, and he described some Colorado mating flightas as "really a spectacle to see." Modern anglers more often use "willowfly" to refer to the stonefly family Taeniopterygidae instead.  

Where & When

Region: West
Time Of Year (?): June and July
It is important in the West.

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