I'm in high school, and I want to become an Aquatic Entomologist, are there job occupations for this, and where would I go to get a degree in it? Thanks ..read more

I found this Polychaete the other day while I was diving looking at structure in the sound. Thought somebody might appreciate it ..read more

A guy on another fly fishing forum who is from Pittsburgh, PA said there were lots of these around there yesterday. He speculated that they could have hatched on the Monoghela River, which mergers with the Allegheny River, both warm water rivers, in Pittsburgh. He said these had 2 tails and could have been imitated with a size 12 fly. Any idea of the species ..read more

Howdy, I have not fished Chironomids at all and wonder if they are just a nymph used on lakes only? Will be getting into more lake fishing this spring, but wondered about these on rivers. Thanks ..read more

I spent the last two weeks fishing an estuary for pink salmon. Here the tide backs the river up about 3/4 of a mile and in about half of that you can see the mixing of the salt and fresh water as the flow pushes upstream. While taking a break, I noticed a cased caddis larvae crawling on an embedded log. I didn't have a camera but it's case was of woody detritus. I plucked the larvae from the case and it was a dark brown colour. This was while the water was brackish. I'm just wondering if... Caddis Larvae in Brackish Waters ..read more

My friend, Byron Thomas, took the following photos on March 6, 2022 on the Deschutes R. in OR. Given the early Spring emergence, location, and these photos, any chance we can nail this down to the species level? Looks to me like a Baetidae of some sort, given lack of hind wings and two tails. Hatchpedia data for that time of year and location suggests it might be Baetis magnus - but the only photos for sub-imago of that species is a photo of the genus (generalized) so I don't have a good... Baetidae? Baetis? species ..read more

About a month ago, I got this guy at some valley in Cascades. What is the name of this fly? It looks like a kind of mayfly ..read more

Howdy, bug experts. I have a couple entomology questions in this post here from a thread on the main board, and I was wondering if you could please take a look and let us know what you think. Thanks ..read more

Interesting little thread on caddisfly silk ..read more

These are found in the Russian River from May to June. The body length is about 10 mm excluding antennae and cerci. Usually found in slow moving or still water ..read more