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The Specimen
Brachycentrus (Grannoms) Caddisfly Pupa
View 10 PicturesThe green blob contained in this case is a pupa in the early stages of transformation from larva to the final stage we generally picture and imitate. This specimen and several like it were fixed to a rock I picked up, and each one had the front of its case sealed off, protecting the helpless pupa from predation. It's neat to see the insect part-way through such a radical transformation.
It was very hard to extract this thing from its case, so there's a bit of extra goo near the head from where I accidentally punctured it.
View 10 PicturesThe green blob contained in this case is a pupa in the early stages of transformation from larva to the final stage we generally picture and imitate. This specimen and several like it were fixed to a rock I picked up, and each one had the front of its case sealed off, protecting the helpless pupa from predation. It's neat to see the insect part-way through such a radical transformation.It was very hard to extract this thing from its case, so there's a bit of extra goo near the head from where I accidentally punctured it.
The Discussion
| Powderfinge | January 9th, 2017, 3:52 am | |
 Posts: 11 | what pattern/colors do u find effective? thanks | |
| PABrownie | January 9th, 2017, 5:57 am | |
 Posts: 42 | Jeez man, I already responded to your other grannom post, but I didn't realize you were talking about the j! Seriously, grannom soft hackles are freakin killers ! | |
| Feathers5 | January 9th, 2017, 7:35 am | |
| Posts: 287 | I use a size 16 gray hackle peacock. You may be able to use a size 14 early in the hatch. Just like PABrownie says, "they're freakin' killers. | |
| Powderfinge | January 9th, 2017, 8:03 pm | |
Posts: 11 | thanks | |
| Wbranch | January 10th, 2017, 3:57 am | |
 Posts: 2733 | Please do a Forum search for prior Grannom threads there are likely pages of posts. | |
| Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years. | ||
| Martinlf | January 10th, 2017, 6:26 pm | |
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