Peltoperlidae

[Lonnie]

I pulled out some of the bugs I collected while at home a few weeks ago. Nothing much of interest really except a first instar Peltoperlidae larve (roach like stone fly). It was less than 1mm long! Does anyone know if we have these in Utah ? They are much value for fishing, but are really cool to look at....


Here's a link to a photo (for those that haven't seen this one...)
http://www.thomasames.com/insects/stonefly/roach.htm

[steelie]

I got no idea on your question Lonnie, bu on this same subject, has anybody ever heard of a good book written on stoneflies? There is several for mayflies, a few for caddis, I've never heard of a good stonefly "bible".

[Lonnie]

Steelie,

There are two I can think of both can be found by doing an amazon search...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-5644634-3019265

The first is Nymphs of North American Stonefly Genera by Kenneth W. Stewart, and Bill P. Stark. It's currently out of print.

The second is American Stoneflies: A Photographic Guide to the Plecoptera
by Stanley W. Szczytko, Bill P. Stark, C. Riley Nelson, and Brian J. Armitage (Editor). It's about $185.00 so you better really like stoneflies if you get this one....

[msipes]

I took an aquatic insect class with Doc Hansen at USU in the early 90's. If I recall correctly, he said the Logan had them. Very rare though. We were graded on our collections and we tried hard to get that one but to no avail.

Steelie - Intro to Aquatic insects of North America by Merritt & Cummins. This is one of the best books for I.D.ing everything. Great book if you can't sleep. This was our main guide when I worked at the USDA Bug Lab.

[steelie]

It's about $185.00 so you better really like stoneflies if you get this one....

GOOD LORD! Ain't much use in that, if I were to spen 185 on a book, it wouldn't get anywhere near the river..........I'll stick with mayflies, easy to classify compaired to stones or caddis.......appearantly cheaper too!

[RAW]

Used to be one called something like "Stoneflies for the Angler." Can't remember the author (I think Ted somebody?) but I have checked it out of the Weber Co. Library before. Also, Nymphs by Ernest Schwiebert has some good info. Again, Checked out of the library.

These are more fisherman oriented.

[flyfshr8]

Stoneflies for the Angler by Eric Leiser and Robert H. Boyle. Tons of patterns nymph/wet/dry. Hardcore book on stones, chapter six talks about the secret of the white nymph and instar.

Clete

[Lonnie]

I just got an e-mail (well I got it yesterday....) from a professor at BYU. Turns out we don't have Peltoperlidae in Utah. I just want a bigger one....

L