Stream bug id help

[Tom Butler]

Found this one inside my gator cuff yesterday after getting out of a cobbled mid elevation stream in the blue mountains. Kinda moves like a caterpillar. Looks like a fish would eat it, and at 1/4", big enough to be worth imitating. Any help with an ID would be appreciated as always.

 

[Mark Melton]

Probably a fly larvae. Check this pdf. Ones with characteristics of yours start on page11.

https://dep.wv.gov/WWE/getinvolved/sos/Documents/Benthic/UMW/Diptera.pdf

 

[Tom Butler]

Probably a fly larvae. Check this pdf. Ones with characteristics of yours start on page11.

https://dep.wv.gov/WWE/getinvolved/sos/Documents/Benthic/UMW/Diptera.pdf

Thanks Mark. I bet it hitched a ride when I crossed a slow side channel with leaves on the way out.

 

[Taxon]

Hi Tom-

I believe it to be a Crane Fly larva, possibly (but not necessarily) of genus Antocha.

 

[Tom Butler]

Hi Tom-

I believe it to be a Crane Fly larva, possibly (but not necessarily) of genus Antocha.

Thanks @Taxon , when I started looking at the stuff Mark posted I thought the crane fly looked close, or Hemerodromia. There is an abundance of crane flies in our area.
When I first saw it all I could think of was water bears, but it was way too big.

 

[Mark Melton]

I think it's an Athericdae sp. (Water Snipe Fly). Below are some links. It's on page 11 of this pdf.

https://dep.wv.gov/WWE/getinvolved/sos/Documents/Benthic/UMW/Diptera.pdf

The "Other" Diptera (True Fly) Families

We've already talked about midges and black flies, the two members of the order Diptera with which we're all quite familiar. Of the other...

aquaticinsectsofcentralvirginia.blogspot.com

 

[Tom Butler]

Thanks guys. I think with the restoration work to create some braided/off main channel areas I may see more in the future.

 

[Tom Butler]

I think it's an Athericdae sp. (Water Snipe Fly). Below are some links. It's on page 11 of this pdf.

https://dep.wv.gov/WWE/getinvolved/sos/Documents/Benthic/UMW/Diptera.pdf

The "Other" Diptera (True Fly) Families

We've already talked about midges and black flies, the two members of the order Diptera with which we're all quite familiar. Of the other...

aquaticinsectsofcentralvirginia.blogspot.com

That is really what it looked like before it dried a bit and got darker and slowed down.