limnologylauren's Favorites
Photos / Sounds
What
Oregon Forestfly (Zapada oregonensis)Observer
cmiller23Description
Family ID: Based on the gills present around the neck
Photos / Sounds
What
Riffle Beetles (Family Elmidae)Observer
cmiller23Description
Family ID: Brown, sclerotized & spindle shaped body. Posterior end of body has operculum with thread-like gills and pair of hooks.
Photos / Sounds
What
Blue-winged Olives (Genus Baetis)Observer
cmiller23Description
Family ID: Long antenna, notched labrum (Figure 5)
Genus ID: the right mandible does not have a patch of setae present between the prostheca and molar as Fallceon quilleri would (Figure 4). The tarsal claw is less than half as long as the tarsi (Figure 6). Gills are simple (Figure 7)
Photos / Sounds
What
Fallceon quilleriObserver
cmiller23Description
Family ID: Long antenna (visible in Figure 1), minnow shaped body and notched labrum (visible in Figure 5)
Genus ID: Several dense tufts of setae present on the right mandible between the prostheca and molar (Figure 3), no well developed medially projecting corner on the labial palps (Figure 6), darker "veins" present within the gills (Figure 4).
Species ID: Fallceon quilleri is the only known species of Fallceon in Colorado.
