Insect Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
» Class Insecta (Insects)
» Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
| Family in Coleoptera |  |  |
| CurculionidaeWeevils | 1 | 3 |
| HydrophilidaeGiant Water Scavenger Beetles | 1 | 2 |
| PsephenidaeWater Pennies | 3 | 12 |
28 families aren't included.
Common Name
| Match | Common Name |
 | Beetles |
Fly Imitations by Orvis
| Stage | Fly Pattern |
| Adult | Baltz's Beetlenat |
| Adult | Fire Beetle |
| Adult | Flash Beetle |
| Adult | Indicator Beetle |
| Adult | Quick Sight Beetle |
| Adult | Rosenbauer's Parachute Beetle |
The common terrestrial (Terrestrial: Insects which live on land and are fed on by trout only when they incidentally fall into the water are known as "terrestrials" to fly anglers, and they're very important in late summer.) forms are especially important during the late summer when they get knocked into the stream in any number of ways. As far as I know there are no specific life cycle habits which toss these insects into the water in great numbers; they just become important because there are so many of them around incidentally.
Trout generally relish beetles and their imitations make great searching patterns (Searching pattern: Any artificial fly pattern used when trout that aren't feeding selectively on anything in particular. A searching pattern may be an attractor or an imitation of something specific that the fish might favor even though it's not currently hatching.).
6 Beetle Specimens:
Psephenus (Water Pennies) Beetle Larva
View 5 Pictures
View 5 PicturesRegion: Northeast
Collected Mar 29, 2005
Added Apr 6, 2006
Psephenus (Water Pennies) Beetle Larva
View 4 PicturesEvery picture of this Psephenidae larva was taken with my old C740UZ through a microscope.
View 4 PicturesEvery picture of this Psephenidae larva was taken with my old C740UZ through a microscope.Region: Northeast
Collected Nov 15, 2004
Added Apr 12, 2006
Psephenus (Water Pennies) Beetle Larva
View 3 Pictures
View 3 PicturesRegion: Northeast
Collected Mar 13, 2005
Added Apr 5, 2006
1 Streamside Picture of Beetles:
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Many beetles of this species were jumping around the rocks like popcorn on a mid-April afternoon. I'm sure they end up in the water for the trout at times.
In this picture: Insect Order Coleoptera (Beetles).
In this picture: Insect Order Coleoptera (Beetles).
Recent Discussions of Coleoptera
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Posted by DMM on Nov 27, 2006 in the family Hydrophilidae
Last reply on Nov 29, 2006 by Troutnut
I noticed the ending of the family is reversed--should be -ae.
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