Isoperla (Yellow Sallies) Stonefly Adult Pictures

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)

» Family Perlodidae (Medium Browns and Yellows)

» Genus Isoperla (Yellow Sallies)

Several stoneflies of this species were flying around a small stream last night. I tied on a brown drake imitation of about the right size/color to approximate these stones, and was rewarded with a hard-fighting 17-inch brown trout.

This stonefly was collected from the northeastern United States on July 7th, 2006 and added to Troutnut.com on July 8th, 2006.

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Recent Discussions of this Adult

Family ID for this one? 2 Replies »

Posted by Troutnut on Jul 30, 2006

Last reply on Jul 30, 2006 by Troutnut

I haven't had time to look through my stonefly keys yet. It's a pretty small yellow fly, so I'm guessing Chloroperlidae, though I have no real reason to rule out Perlodidae.

I've saved it in alcohol to key out under a microscope at some later date, but it'll be a while before I have time.