Wading for Bugs: Exploring Streams with the Experts

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Contents Introduction xii Judith Li and Michael Barbour I Mayflies in the Mist About Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) 1 1 The Ghost Mayfly 4 John Woodling 2 Emergence of a Mayfly: Nuisance or Blessing? 11 Michael T. Barbour 3 Mayflies and Fly Fishing at the Forks of the Credit 15 Lynda D. Corkum II Stonefly Recoveries About Stoneflies (Plecoptera) 22 4 A Cosmic Stonefly: Rediscovering Tallaperla 25 Dave Penrose 5 Returning Salmonflies to the Logan River 29 Mark Vinson III Sleuthing for Caddis About Caddisflies (Trichoptera) 34 6 A Case that Glitters 37 Vincent Resh 7 Life in a Cornucopia 42 John Richardson 8 Mystery of the Spine-Adorned Caddisfly 48 Marilyn Myers 9 Dicos for Ducks 52 Judith Li 10 Digging in a Ditch for Caddis 57 Norman H. Anderson 11 A Criminal “Case” Made with Caddisflies 61 John R. Wallace and Richard W. Merritt IV Truly Flies About True Flies (Diptera) 65 12 Encounter with Arctic Black Flies 68 Donna Giberson 13 Hanging on in the Alpine Tundra 71 Deb Finn 14 Making the Case for an Aquatic Insect and Its Habitat 79 Richard W. Merritt 15 Way Cool Mountain Midges 83 Gregory W. Courtney 16 Marine Sea Stars, Nudibranchs, and Midges 89 David Wartinbee 17 The Phantom Midges of Silver Lake 94 Michael C. Swift V Dragonfly Detectives About Dragonflies (Odonata) 100 18 Hanging from a Leaf 103 Rob Cannings 19 Tracking the River Cruiser 108 Christopher Beatty VI Bugs and Beetles on Their Best Behavior About Beetles (Coleoptera) 112 About True Bugs (Heteroptera) 114 20 In Defense of Whirligig Beetles 117 Fred Benfield 21 The Bugs Famously Known as Ferocious Water Bugs, Giant Water Bugs, and Toe Biters 123 David A. Lytle 22 Riding the Current for the Riverine Backswimmer 127 Michael Bogan 23 Secrets of an Infrequent Flyer 132 Mark P. Miller Anatomy of a Mayfly 137 Biological Assessment: Using Biological Indicators to Evaluate the Health of a Waterbody 138 Glossary 142 Useful References 145 About the Contributors 147 Index 155 Illustrations Ephoron adult 4 Ephoron nymph 10 Hexagenia imago 11 Hexagenia nymph 13 Baetis tricaudatus 15 Ephemerella subvaria 15 Paraleptophlebia adoptiva 20 Tallaperla 25 Pteronarcys nymph 29 Pteronarcys adult 32 Neophylax rickeri larva in case 37 Neureclipsis larva 42 Neureclipsis case in leaf 46 Dicosmoecus larva in case 52 Dicosmoecus larva 52 Pseudosteophylax larva in case 57 Pycnopsyche larva in case 61 Simulium adult 68 Simulium larva 73 Metacnephia larva 74 Bibiocephala larva 79 Bibiocephala adult 82 Deuterophlebia adult 83 Deuterophlebia larva 88 Tanytarsus (Chironomidae) larva 89 Chaoborus larva 94 Stylurus adult 103 Stylurus nymph 107 Macromia magnifica adult 108 Macromia magnifica nymph 111 Dineutus adult 117 Dineutus adult, side view 118 Abedus 123 Martarega 127 Ambrysus 132 Baetis nymph, outline 137 Stylurus stalking fly larva 144 ...