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Closeup insects from the Touchet River

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Isoperla fulva (Yellow Sally) Stonefly AdultIsoperla fulva (Yellow Sally) Stonefly Adult View 4 PicturesAn adult stonefly carrying a load of red mites.
Collected May 31, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 27, 2011
Male Cinygmula mimus Mayfly SpinnerMale Cinygmula mimus Mayfly Spinner View 2 PicturesMale Cinygmula mimus spinner trapped in its subimago (Subimago: Mayfly nymphs emerge from the water into subimagoes, better known to anglers as "duns." They are a sexually immature, winged, recognizably adult stage and they must molt one more time into imagoes or "spinners" before they can mate.) skin, a cripple (Cripple: In fly fishing, a cripple is any insect which has been injured or deformed so that it cannot escape the water. This may include stillborn emergers or fully emerged adults which have been damaged, often by wind or waves, so that they can no longer fly. Trout often favor eating crippled insects.)??
Collected June 3, 2012 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 5, 2012
Male Rhithrogena robusta Mayfly SpinnerMale Rhithrogena robusta Mayfly Spinner View 3 PicturesThese specimens were collected from a mating swarm from the east branch of the North Fork of the Touchet River, upstream from the Bluewood Ski Area turn.It was a sunny warm day, mating swarm as 4-8 ft. above this small stream. Four male spinners were collected.Stream photos were taken.
Collected July 15, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on July 15, 2011
Male Tricorythodes (Tricos) Mayfly SpinnerMale Tricorythodes (Tricos) Mayfly Spinner View 3 PicturesI collected these males about 9:30 AM, air temp. about 68 degrees F. The males were flying about 3 ft above the stream flying up and down the stream rather than the typical vertical swarm you see with most mayfly males. The males are black and the females are a green color due to the eggs they are carrying. They do not live very long which is typical for small bodied mayflies. They do not fly during windy conditions. I suspect these are Tricorythodes minutus.
Collected August 12, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on August 12, 2011
Formicidae (Ants) Ant AdultFormicidae (Ants) Insect Adult View 2 PicturesThese are very large carpenter and a common terrestrial (Terrestrial: Insects which live on land and are fed on by trout only when they incidentally fall into the water are known as "terrestrials" to fly anglers, and they're very important in late summer.) insect along mountain trout streams
Collected June 6, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26, 2011
Male Epeorus albertae (Pink Lady) Mayfly SpinnerMale Epeorus albertae (Pink Lady) Mayfly Spinner View 2 Pictures
Collected June 29, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 29, 2011
Male Isoperla fulva (Yellow Sally) Stonefly AdultMale Isoperla fulva (Yellow Sally) Stonefly Adult View 2 PicturesThese Isoperla are loaded with red parasitic mites.
Collected June 6, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26, 2011
Female Baetis (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly DunFemale Baetis (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Dun View 2 Pictures
Collected June 30, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 30, 2011
Female Epeorus albertae (Pink Lady) Mayfly SpinnerFemale Epeorus albertae (Pink Lady) Mayfly Spinner View 1 PicturesIt is hard to see where the name "Pink Lady" comes from.
Collected June 29, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 29, 2011
Male Baetis (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly SpinnerMale Baetis (Blue-Winged Olives) Mayfly Spinner View 2 PicturesProbably Baetis tricaudatus.
Collected July 13, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on July 13, 2011
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