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Stonefly Family Chloroperlidae (Sallflies)

Mayflies

Caddisflies

Stoneflies

Taxonomic Navigation -?-

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)

» Family Chloroperlidae (Sallflies)

Genus in Chloroperlidae
AlloperlaSallflies	0	0
HaploperlaSallflies	0	0
KathroperlaSallflies	0	0
ParaperlaSallflies	0	0
SuwalliaSallflies	0	0
SweltsaSallflies	0	0

7 genera aren't included.

Common Names

Match	Common Name
	Sallflies
	Little Yellows and Little Greens

Pictures Below ↓

This is page 2 of specimens of Chloroperlidae. Visit the main Chloroperlidae page for:

The behavior and habitat of Chloroperlidae.

Pictures of 27 Stonefly Specimens in the Family Chloroperlidae:

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Alloperla (Sallflies) Stonefly Adult

View 6 PicturesThis specimen was completely green when I collected it from among many others gathered on a midstream rock along with their nymphal shucks (

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Here's an underwater view of the pupal shucks of several already-emerged Brachycentrus numerosus caddisflies.

Shuck: The shed exoskeleton left over when an insect molts into its next stage or instar. Most often it describes the last nymphal or pupal skin exited during emergence into a winged adult.) early in the morning. There was also a yellow one with them, which I assumed was a different species. Now that I've seen how this one started changing from green to yellow, I have to wonder if they weren't the same species and the yellow one was just older.

Collected May 29, 2007 from Brodhead Creek in Pennsylvania
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 4, 2007

Female Sweltsa (Sallflies) Stonefly Adult

View 8 PicturesThese stoneflies--abundant during midday--seemed at first to be flying around with plain yellow bodies, but on closer inspection turn out to have striking, fiery red abdomens. This one keys out to albertensis, gaufini, or lambda, but the key (Baumann et al 1977) doesn't include all current species.

Collected June 30, 2019 from the Madison River in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 17, 2019

Sweltsa (Sallflies) Stonefly Adult

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Collected May 15, 2006 from Lolo Creek in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on July 3, 2011

Female Sweltsa fidelis (Sallfly) Stonefly Adult

View 5 PicturesIn Baumann's Stoneflies of the Rocky Mountains, this specimen keys to Sweltsa fidelis, but the number of species in that key is fairly small and it might not be accurate.

Collected June 30, 2019 from the Madison River in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 17, 2019

Suwallia pallidula (Sallfly) Stonefly Adult

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Collected July 1, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on July 1, 2011

Sweltsa fidelis (Sallfly) Stonefly Adult

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Collected July 14, 2011 from Swamp Creek in Oregon
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on July 14, 2011

Kathroperla perdita (Sallfly) Stonefly Adult

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Collected May 9, 2005 from Teepee Creek in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on July 3, 2011

Female Alloperla (Sallflies) Stonefly Adult

View 7 PicturesThese little green stoneflies were the most common bug on a June day fishing the North Fork Couer d'Alene, although the trout never rose more than sporadically to them or anything else.

Collected June 25, 2019 from the North Fork Couer d'Alene River in Idaho
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 17, 2019

Alloperla severa (Sallfly) Stonefly Adult

View 1 PicturesAt Touchet Corral.

Collected July 9, 2011 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on July 9, 2011

Female Alloperla (Sallflies) Stonefly Adult

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Collected July 9, 2019 from Rock Creek in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 18, 2019

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Jargon Defined:

Abdomens: The rear and usually the longest (ten-segmented in mayflies) portion of an insect's body, to which the tails are attached.

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Here's an underwater view of the pupal shucks of several already-emerged Brachycentrus numerosus caddisflies.

Shucks: The shed exoskeleton left over when an insect molts into its next stage or instar. Most often it describes the last nymphal or pupal skin exited during emergence into a winged adult.

Useful References:

Swisher, Doug and Carl Richards. 2000. Selective Trout. The Lyons Press.