MAJOR INSECT HATCHES ON THE BITTERROOT RIVER
Seasonal Emergence
INSECT DESCRIPTION
Size, Color, Name, Type
March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct.
#18-#22 gray, olive*
Chironomidae midge
#18 black
Capnia stonefly
#14 gray
Nemoura stonefly
#10 golden gray
Skwala stonefly
#16-#20 blue-wing olive
Baetis mayfly*
#12 olive-brown
Ameletus mayfly
#14-#16 gray, brown
Brachycentrus caddisfly
*also hatches in fall
 
#14 yellow
Isoperla stonefly
#40#6 orange
Pteronarcys salmonfly
#6 big golden
Perlidae stonefly
#10-#12 golden
Pteronarcella stonefly
#12 green, gray
Ephemerella mayfly
#12-#18 gray, brown
Hydropsychidae caddisflies
#14 sulfer, cream
Ephemererlia mayfly
#12-#16 light cahil
Heptagenia mayflies
#14-#16 orange-butt yellow
Isoperla stonefly
#12 golden tan
spruce moth
#14-#16 many colors
hoppers, crickets, ants
 
#18-#20 white-wing black
Tricorythodes mayflies
#10 rusty green
Ephemerella Hecuba mayfly
#12-#14 brown
Rhithrogena mayfly
#10 gray
Isonychia mayfly
#8 orange
Limnephilidae caddisfly
#12 chocolate brown
Paraleptophlebia mayfly
#4 blue
Anisoptera dragonfly
 
 

Hatch Chart compiled by Dave Odell 1984, All Rights Reserved.