Animal Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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67 Streamside Pictures of Arthropods:
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An ant struggles to escape the surface of a Catskill stream. The black dot on the right is the ant's shadow on a rock on the bottom. I can see how this would appeal to a trout. Even I kind of want to eat the thing.
In this picture: Insect Family Formicidae (Ants).
In this picture: Insect Family Formicidae (Ants).
This spider lives in the rocks streambed of a Catskill trout stream.
In this picture: Arthropod Order Araneae (Spiders).
In this picture: Arthropod Order Araneae (Spiders).
An early season stonefly nymph looking to hatch crawls across a snow-covered midstream boulder.
In this picture: Insect Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies).
In this picture: Insect Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies).
A freshly emerged female Drunella lata dun.
In this picture: Mayfly Species Drunella lata (Large Blue-Winged Olive).
In this picture: Mayfly Species Drunella lata (Large Blue-Winged Olive).
This winged ant was on a mossy rock in the middle of a small stream.
In this picture: Insect Family Formicidae (Ants).
In this picture: Insect Family Formicidae (Ants).
I'm not sure what these clusters of grannoms are doing lying dead and mostly upside down in clusters on the rocks. Anyone have an explanation?
In this picture: Caddisfly Genus Brachycentrus (Grannoms).
In this picture: Caddisfly Genus Brachycentrus (Grannoms).
I photographed the underside of this March Brown dun right after it emerged so that I would have the exact color for an imitation.
In this picture: Mayfly Species Maccaffertium vicarium (March Brown).
In this picture: Mayfly Species Maccaffertium vicarium (March Brown).
This dragonfly got stuck in its shuck (
Shuck: The shed exoskeleton left over when an insect molts into its next stage or instar. Most often it describes the last nymphal or pupal skin exited during emergence into a winged adult.) trying to emerge, so it was just crawling around on this rock.
In this picture: Insect Order Odonata-Anisoptera (Dragonflies).
View Full SizeHere's an underwater view of the pupal shucks of several already-emerged Brachycentrus numerosus caddisflies.
In this picture: Insect Order Odonata-Anisoptera (Dragonflies).
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