Entomology

This is going to take a while. Really this starter "article" is only here to serve as an active reminder to myself that it needs to stay on my shortlist of things to do. My intention is a good reference overview and photos for identification purposes, not another flyfishingentomology.com, an excellent bit of work by Roger Rohrbeck. If you're interested in helping with it, by all means. Just let me know and I'll toss you access to edit. Chris.

Taxonomic specialization

• Coleoptera (Aquatic Beetle)
• Diptera (Aquatic True Fly)
• Ephemeroptera (Mayfly)
• Heteroptera (Aquatic True Bug)
• Hymenoptera (Parasitic Wasp)
• Lepidoptera (Aquatic Moth)
• Megaloptera (Alderfly)
• Megaloptera (Dobsonfly)
• Megaloptera (Fishfly)
• Neuroptera (Spongillafly)
• Odonata (Damselfly)
• Odonata (Dragonfly)
• Plecoptera (Stonefly)
• Trichoptera (Caddisfly)

Caddisfly (Trichoptera)

• Apataniidae Early Smoky Wing Sedges
• Arctopsychidae
• Brachycentridae Apple Caddis and Grannoms
• Glossosomatidae Little Black Caddisfly
• Goeridae
• Helicopsychidae
• Hydropsychidae
• Hydroptilidae Microcaddisflies
• Lepidostomatidae Little Brown-Green Sedges
• Leptoceridae
• Limnephilidae Northern Caddisflies
• Molannidae
• Odontoceridae
• Philopotamidae
• Phryganeidae
• Polycentropodidae
• Psychomyiidae
• Rhyacophilidae Green Sedges
• Uenoidae

Mayfly (Ephemeroptera)

• Amelitidae Brown Duns
• Baetidae Blue-Winged Olives
• Baetiscidae Armored Mayflies
• Caenidae Angler's Curses
• Ephemerellidae BWOs, Hendricksons, PMDs, Sulphurs
• Ephemeridae Hexes and Big Drakes
• Heptageniidae March Browns, Cahills, Quill Gordons
• Isonychiidae Slate Drakes
• Leptohyphidae Tricos
• Leptophlebiidae Black Quills and Blue Quills
• Metretopodidae Pseudo-Gray Drakes
• Neoephemeridae
• Polymitarcyidae White Flies
• Potamanthidae Golden Drakes
• Siphlonuridae Gray Drakes

Stonefly (Plecoptera)
Plecoptera are found in both the Southern and Northern hemispheres, and the populations are quite distinct although the evolutionary evidence suggests that species may have crossed the equator on a number of occasions before once again becoming geographically isolated.

All species of Plecoptera are intolerant of water pollution and their presence in a stream or still water is usually an indicator of good or excellent water quality.

• Capniidae Tiny Winter Blacks
• Chloroperlidae Little Greens and Little Yellows
• Leuctridae - rolled-winged stoneflies, Tiny Winter Blacks
• Nemouridae - Tiny Winter Blacks
• Peltoperlidae - Roachflies
• Perlidae - Golden Stones
• Perlodidae - Medium Browns and Yellows
• Pteronarcyidae - salmonflies, giant stoneflies
• Styloperlidae -
• Taeniopterygidae - Winter stoneflies, Willowflies