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WA Stonefly Description


Taxonomic Name
(Common Name)
NymphAdult
Perlodidae
(Patterned Stone)
Tails equal in length or longer than abdomen; no branching gills behind base of legs; metathoracic wingpads strongly diverging from body.  

Osobenus
(Yakima Stone)
preserved nymph

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adult

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 Gills are absent and the male 10th tergum is cleft; epiproct consists of an upturned dorsal sclerite surmounting a basal bulbous structure.  
Osobenus yakimae

State of Washington distribution is based on: Valid Stonefly Names for North America.

Created: 08/16/2013   Last modified: 12/08/2014    www.FlyfishingEntomology.com