Need help ID Nemoura nymph

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Cherylkorca	February 18th, 2020, 9:17 pm
Posts: 4	Hello, I did recently sampled our home water the Bitterroot river in SW Montana and I collected 2 stoneflys specimens and I know for fact one of them is Skwala nymph but the smaller one wanted to verify if is Nemoura nymph , the problem I am having is that this stone fly nymph appear to be much larger in length that my good reference book Aquatic insects by Rick Hafele shows ? The do overlap each other i emergance time , Capnia first ( smallest of 3 ) than Nemoura and than biggest Skwala Thank you for anyone who could help out with this nymph ID , I did include collage with adult Nemoura and hope to be a nymph in same order , but not so sure about the nymph ??

Millcreek	February 19th, 2020, 7:05 am
Healdsburg, CA Posts: 356	My guess is that it's not a Nemouridae, but a Perlodidae. The easiest way to tell the difference is to look at the mouth. If you have access to a microscope or a magnifying glass take a look at the glossae and paraglossae, they should be more or less the same size in Nemouridae. In Perlodidae the paraglossae should be much larger than the glossae.


Leskorcala	February 24th, 2020, 9:39 pm
Posts: 16	Hello , Thank you for a great tip to distinguish two however i have bad eyes ( blind on one ) and use magnifying glass 8X but i can not see it.I did take several closeup images with my camera , perhaps I can show it to you. I need to figure out first how to attach some images.

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