Agnetina capitata (Golden Stone) Stonefly Adult Pictures

Mayflies Caddisflies Stoneflies

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)

» Family Perlidae (Golden Stones)

» Genus Agnetina (Golden Stones)

» Species capitata (Golden Stone)

This stonefly emerged in my aquarium, and unfortunately I severely damaged its wings just trying to catch it. It's still an interesting specimen, especially since I was able to also photograph the nymphal shuck (

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Here's an underwater view of the pupal shucks of several already-emerged Brachycentrus numerosus caddisflies.

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.) it emerged from. I was surprised by just how light it was shortly after emerging. I photographed it a couple days later when it had darkened considerably; it was a pale, almost pastel yellow at first.

This stonefly was collected from the northeastern United States on May 1st, 2007 and added to Troutnut.com on May 3rd, 2007.

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I forgot to photograph it on the ruler, so I did it a couple days later, but the fly had died and shriveled a little bit by then.

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CameraCanon EOS 20D

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CameraCanon EOS 20D

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CameraCanon EOS 20D

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CameraCanon EOS 20D

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CameraCanon EOS 20D

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CameraCanon EOS 20D

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