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| OldHasBeen | April 26th, 2021, 11:25 am | |
 Posts: 12 | I have never in all my years of turning stones, have I seen a stonefly like this one. Could you please be so kind as to put a name to it. It came from a southern Georgian Bay tributary. Thank You!!! | |
| Taxon | April 26th, 2021, 3:06 pm | |
 Site Editor Royse City, TXPosts: 1350 | Hi OldHasBeen- I believe it to be Pteronarcys dorsata (American Salmonfly). | |
| Best regards, Roger Rohrbeck www.FlyfishingEntomology.com | ||
| OldHasBeen | April 26th, 2021, 5:02 pm | |
Posts: 12 | Thank you for getting back to me. I reached out to our local conservation authority, & the confirmed your findings. Thanks Taxon!!! | |
| Wiflyfisher | April 27th, 2021, 1:47 pm | |
| Wisconsin Posts: 663 | Trust me, Roger (Taxon) know the bugs. | |
| John S. https://WiFlyFisher.com | ||
| Troutnut | April 27th, 2021, 10:42 pm | |
 Administrator Bellevue, WAPosts: 2737 | Roger's right. | |
| Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist | ||
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