Arthropod Class Insecta (Insects)
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64 Streamside Pictures of Insects:

Here's the bottom of a freshly emerged male Drunella lata dun, showing a lighter shade of olive than the specimens I photographed with my better camera in the evening.
In this picture: Mayfly Species Drunella lata (Large Blue-Winged Olive).
In this picture: Mayfly Species Drunella lata (Large Blue-Winged Olive).

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).

The underside of a freshly emerged Ephemerella invaria dun.
In this picture: Mayfly Species Ephemerella invaria (Sulphur).
In this picture: Mayfly Species Ephemerella invaria (Sulphur).

I didn't manage to collect a nymph, but here's the hollow 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.) left over from an emerged dun, showing the basic pattern of the nymph.
In this picture: Mayfly Species Ephemera guttulata (Green Drake).

Here's an underwater view of the pupal shucks of several already-emerged Brachycentrus numerosus caddisflies.
In this picture: Mayfly Species Ephemera guttulata (Green Drake).

Here's a fresh ball of eggs from a Hendrickson spinner, photographed to show the proper color for the egg-ball on spinner patterns.
In this picture: Mayfly Species Ephemerella subvaria (Hendrickson).
In this picture: Mayfly Species Ephemerella subvaria (Hendrickson).

Several craneflies formed a mating cluster here in a dark rootwad along the bank of a large limestone trout stream.
In this picture: True Fly Family Tipulidae (Crane Flies).
In this picture: True Fly Family Tipulidae (Crane Flies).

This Peltoperlid stonefly (roachfly) was crawling around on this rock looking for a comfortable place to emerge.
In this picture: Stonefly Family Peltoperlidae (Roachflies).
In this picture: Stonefly Family Peltoperlidae (Roachflies).

This Peltoperlid stonefly (roachfly) was crawling around on this rock looking for a comfortable place to emerge.
In this picture: Stonefly Family Peltoperlidae (Roachflies).
In this picture: Stonefly Family Peltoperlidae (Roachflies).

This rock includes several empty Peltoperlid shucks (
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.).
In this picture: Stonefly Family Peltoperlidae (Roachflies).

Here's an underwater view of the pupal shucks of several already-emerged Brachycentrus numerosus caddisflies.
In this picture: Stonefly Family Peltoperlidae (Roachflies).

This Peltoperlid stonefly (roachfly) was crawling around on this rock looking for a comfortable place to emerge.
In this picture: Stonefly Family Peltoperlidae (Roachflies).
In this picture: Stonefly Family Peltoperlidae (Roachflies).
