Entomology Books

[Little Fork]

I’m looking for books on aquatic entomology and hope that some of you can recommend a few.
If there’s a thread that covers this already please let me know.
I’ve got both of David Hughes’ books on hatches and they’re great, but I’d like something more comprehensive and similarly focused on Western states.
It doesn’t need to be written from the perspective of or for a fly fisher specifically. I just want a resource to help me understand and identify the insects around me.
I’d like lots of high quality photos.

 

[Draketake]

BUGWATER

Author: Arlen ThomasonPublisher: NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK, Jul 2017Binding: SoftcoverISBN: 0-8117-1972-3SynopsisFollows the bugs & the trout through their life cycles from spring through winter. Thomason’s stunningly striking photos & fascinating narratives show off the bugs up close, in amazing...

www.flyshack.com

This is a top notch one centered on the Northwest but applicable everywhere.

Have fun.

Bob

 

[Mark Melton]

This is a good one, will get you to genus on all known groups in the United States. An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects America of North America by Merrit, Cummins, And Berg. Has some color plates, but is much better on the line drawings. Best bought second hand, the price is a lot better.
Amazon product ASIN 0787232416

 

[Little Fork]

Thanks to both of you for the recommendations. I ordered both and am looking forward to fall/winter reading.

 

[Mike Cline]

This title has always come highly recommended.

 

[kmudgn]

Fishbugs: The aquatic insects of an Eastern Flyfisher
by Thomas Ames ​

 

[Norm Frechette]

 

[Little Fork]

These are great. Thanks for all of the recommendations. I’m going to have a new section in our natural history library.

 

[wanderingrichard]

Ditto

 

[Zak]

Thomas Ames, who wrote Fishbugs above, has an excellent Eastern Streamside Guide. It has pictures of bugs in various stages on one side and matching flies on the facing page. Some good basic natural history, too. He took all the photos himself, mostly along the White River in Vermont.

 

[Bob N]

Aquatic Entomology by Patrick McCafferty

 

[Wade Rivers]

BUGWATER

Author: Arlen ThomasonPublisher: NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK, Jul 2017Binding: SoftcoverISBN: 0-8117-1972-3SynopsisFollows the bugs & the trout through their life cycles from spring through winter. Thomason’s stunningly striking photos & fascinating narratives show off the bugs up close, in amazing...

www.flyshack.com

This is a top notch one centered on the Northwest but applicable everywhere.

Have fun.

Bob

Ditto!

Arlen is a fishing buddy and his passion for bugs and photography is amazing. I have his Bugwater lady bug photo hanging in my kitchen.