Landscape & scenery photos from the South Fork Snoqualmie River
Granite Mountain with Granite Mountain Lookout tower on top
Date AddedJun 23, 2017
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Small coastal cutthroat or maybe cutbow?
Date AddedJun 23, 2017
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Date AddedJun 23, 2017
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Coastal cutthroat about 9"
Date AddedJun 23, 2017
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Date AddedJun 23, 2017
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Closeup insects from the South Fork Snoqualmie River
Male Calineuria californica (Golden Stone) Stonefly Adult
View 15 PicturesA few of these larger stoneflies were fluttering around the South Fork on an evening dominated by much smaller species.
This one has been difficult to identify. I can't spot any of the gill remnants characteristic of Perlidae, but the wing venation (Venation: The pattern in which the veins on the wings of an insect are arranged. It is usually one of the most useful identifying characteristics.) seems to point in that direction. I tried keying it out as Perlodidae but arrived at Isoperla, every western species of which has significantly smaller bodies than this one.
Edit: See forum comments for a likely correct identification. Female Dicosmoecus gilvipes (October Caddis) Caddisfly Adult
View 16 PicturesI've been hoping to add a really good October Caddis to the photo collection here for years, but so far I had struck out on finding them on the river. Tonight, this one flew into the kitchen during a pizza party at a house along the river, and was quickly pointed out -- one of the perks of hanging out with other aquatic biologists! Maybe next year I can finally get a salmonfly on taco night or something.
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