Bug of the week!

[Mike]

More subsurface fun. Name that insect.

[jim m.]

More subsurface fun. Name that insect.

freeliving caddis....Rhyacophila??

[joshuahodges]

More subsurface fun. Name that insect.
Im going to guess a caddis larva. I think its a green rock worm. the scientific name is Not somenthing i would remeber. most likly im wrong but that my guess,

[Lonnie]

My Guess (I've never seen this bug...)

Order Megaloptera
Family Corydalidae
Genus Orohermes

[Johnny]

...hydrobiosis

[Mike]

You guys are gonna' have to guess as I can't currently remember the actualy answer! I had it (I thought anyway) figured out at some point and have since forgotten.

[Fred]

I think Jim M. and JoshuaHodges are both right.

http://www.westfly.com/ento/caddis/green.htm

[jim m.]

I think Jim M. and JoshuaHodges are both right.

http://www.westfly.com/ento/caddis/green.htm

Sweet! I hope we win something cool like Janet Jackson posters.

[Junge]

Sweet! I hope we win something cool like Janet Jackson posters.

Ask and you shall receive...

[Jason]

Ask and you shall receive...

Scott, is this the photo you were telling me about that you use for your computer wallpaper?

How about one with her nipple shield?

BTW, Jim is correct.

[jim m.]

What the.... Only Junge can provide.

How about one with her nipple shield?

BTW, Jim is correct.

Willis was a stud.

[RAW]

I'm hijacking this thread. First three guys/gals to respond to this post will receive 3 chain-stitched green rock-worm nymphs to try. Go.

[Fred]

I'm hijacking this thread. First three guys/gals to respond to this post will receive 3 chain-stitched green rock-worm nymphs to try. Go.

Hi RAW.

Do you still have my addy?

[Norm]

Hook a brother up.

Norm

[jdubya]

I'm hijacking this thread. First three guys/gals to respond to this post will receive 3 chain-stitched green rock-worm nymphs to try. Go.

breaking my rule for you!

[joshuahodges]

Awww man just late. If anyone backs ou im on deck :)

[RAW]

I'll squeeze you in Joshua but that's all. I'll be in contact for addresses by email from this site so I hope you are hooked up. Fred, I'd have to look around for yours. If I can't find it I'll let you know. Again, the rule is you must give them a fair try and report back. Just for fun. I'm not trying to sell anything or promote my style.

[Lonnie]

I think Jim M. and JoshuaHodges are both right.

http://www.westfly.com/ento/caddis/green.htm


Not so fast guys. If you look at Mike's photo, the critter in question, it has gills on top of the abdomen. The Rychophyla have no abdominal gills....

http://www.thomasames.com/insects/caddis/rhyalarv.htm

But I could be wrong (The one's I've seen don't have gills....)
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~velsku/imagepages/hyonteiset/Koskisirvi_1ww.html

Lonnie

[joshuahodges]

As written by Jim Schollmeyer
"Green rock worms are free-living caddis larva,...The caddis larva have small gills and require cold, oxygen rich waters."
I remeber seeing alot of these on the logan last year. They seem a little greener in person, but im sure they come in all shades of green.
Raw you are awsome. I cant wait to see these puppies. last year i tried to find a good pattern to match had decent succes withgreencrystal flash caddis larva.

[castnblast]

There are so many (100's) species of Rhyacophila. Merritt and Cummins in their book say this about Rhyacophila species: "Tufts of gills absent or not as dense or not on as many abdominal segments....final instar larva less than 30 mm long."

Here's a link to Rhyacophila dorsalis and it has gills similar to the one pictured above.

http://www.first-nature.com/insects/trichoptera/rhyacophila_dorsalis.htm

-castnblast

[Jason]

Here's another link to a Rhyacophilidae larva.

http://odonata.ietc.wwu.edu/IWS/Images/Biota/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Trichoptera/Rhyacophilidae/Rhyacophila/brunnea%20group/Image000001

Family Corydalidae Genus Orohermes : aren't these dobsonflies? Not caddis?

Lonnie, not trying to show you up or anything, but I think I gotcha! Bring it on. :-)

[Lonnie]

Dobsonflies = Coridalus cornudus. Same genera though. I said I thought my original guess was wrong. I won't miss them again. I think this is a case of "moving west" burning me.....

Lonnie

[Jason]

Lonnie, I'm just goshing with you man. Feel free to return the favor. :-)

[PowerBaitHeppy]

I might as well end the guessing, and let everyone know what the picture is.....
















It's BAIT!!!!!

[RAW]

Norm. . . still waiting for an address. Flies went out today.

[Norm]

to the email. I'll hit the email on the board. Let me know if you don't see it soon.

Norm

[Norm]

Can't get thru to ya:

Send to:

Mike Maero
544 S. 200 W.
Brigham City, UT 84337

Thanks

Norm

[RAW]

Norm. Gottcha. Shipping tomorrow.

[Fred]

Norm. Gottcha. Shipping tomorrow.

RAW, you are an artist, my man! Great stuff. I love that chartreuse-like color. Killer flies.

I'll let you know my experience, but I have a good feeling about these flies.

[joshuahodges]

Wow honestly Raw Awsome You are the Man. Ill be out fishing these in the spring in like three weeks. Thanks a bunch. Josh

[Norm]

Thank you very much, they are a work of art.

Norm