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