Insect Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

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» Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)

Family in Plecoptera
CapniidaeTiny Winter Blacks	5	19
ChloroperlidaeLittle Yellows and Little Greens	4	26
LeuctridaeTiny Winter Blacks	0	0
NemouridaeTiny Winter Blacks	2	11
PeltoperlidaeRoachflies	3	18
PerlidaeGolden Stones	19	123
PerlodidaeMedium Browns and Yellows	6	52
PteronarcyidaeSalmonflies	5	46
TaeniopterygidaeWillowflies	12	47

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Stoneflies

Fly Imitations by Orvis

Stage	Fly Pattern
Nymph	Kauffman's Stone
Adult	Stimulator

Pictures Below ↓

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58 Stonefly Specimens:

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Tallaperla (Roachflies) Stonefly Nymph

View 7 Pictures

Region: Northeast

Collected Apr 1, 2007

Added Apr 3, 2007

Paragnetina media (Embossed Stonefly) Stonefly Nymph

View 4 Pictures

Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Feb 7, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Strophopteryx fasciata (Early Brown Stonefly) Stonefly Adult

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Mar 18, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Capniidae (Tiny Winter Blacks) Stonefly Adult

View 3 PicturesThis drowned Capniidae adult showed up in my drift net sample while I was looking for nymphs. I took photos of the drowned adult in water like a nymph.

Region: Northeast

Collected Mar 29, 2005

Added Apr 7, 2006

Strophopteryx fasciata (Early Brown Stonefly) Stonefly Adult

View 5 PicturesSeveral stoneflies of this species were the first adult insects I found in 2004 when I started this site. The hatch was sparse but lasted a good part of the day, and I noted a few good rises despite the early season cold. They ended up struggling on the water's surface fairly often.

Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Mar 16, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Perlidae (Golden Stones) Stonefly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Jan 13, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Paragnetina media (Embossed Stonefly) Stonefly Nymph

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Region: Northeast

Collected Mar 13, 2005

Added Apr 5, 2006

Acroneuria (Golden Stones) Stonefly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Feb 7, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

Perlidae (Golden Stones) Stonefly Nymph

View 3 PicturesI took a few closeup pictures of this stonely with my old camera and a microscope.

Region: Northeast

Collected Nov 15, 2004

Added Apr 12, 2006

Isoperla (Yellow Sallies) Stonefly Nymph

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Region: Upper Midwest

Collected Mar 9, 2004

Added Jan 25, 2006

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Jargon Defined:

Nymphs: The juvenile, underwater stages of mayflies, stoneflies, dragonflies, and damselflies and other aquatic insects whose juvenile stages are covered by hard exoskeletons. The word can also refer to the fishing flies which imitate these creatures, in which case it is used as a blanket term for flies imitating any underwater stage of an invertebrate (except for crayfish and leeches).