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Fishbugs: The Aquatic Insects of an Eastern Fly Fisher
By Thomas Ames Jr.
Countryman Press, 2005
A photographers tribute to the insects that are such an integral part of fly fishing in eastern North America. Large, exquisitely detailed color photographs of caddisflies, mayflies, stoneflies and important other aquatics accompanied by brief essays on the author's experiences, both as fly fisher and as amateur entomologist.

Hatch Guide for New England Streams
By Thomas Ames Jr.
Frank Amato Publications Inc., 2000
A vest pocket reference for fly fishers who want to match the hatch. Full color photos of the most common aquatic insects that Eastern fly fishers imitate with their fur and feather lures. Includes mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies and several other aquatic orders.

Genera of the Trichoptera of Canada and Adjoining or Adjacent United States
By F. Schmid
NRC Research Press, 1998
Good book with identification keys to the Genus. Avalaible in french and english.

The Caddisfly Handbook: An Orvis Streamside Guide
By Dick Pobst, Carl Richards
The Lyons Press, 1998
A small guide book intended to be resource for anglers. Provides info on a number of caddisfly species, but some of the photos may not be accurate. One picture labeled as Glossosoma is actually the mirror image of a picture labeled as Micrasema rusticum.

Entomology for beginners: for the use of young folks, fruit-growers, farmers, and gardeners
By A.S. Packard
Henry Holt and Company, 1888
This little volume is an interesting glimpse into the science of entomology in the late 1800s, but today it is most useful as a source of public domain figures. Available online at Biodiversity Heritage Library

Facts and theories concerning the insect head
By R.E. Snodgrass
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 142, (1), 1–61, 1960
Detailed information and illustrations of insect head structures, but with somewhat dated terminology; available online and indicated as not in copyright in the United States.

Notes on the Neuroptera and Mecoptera of Kansas, with keys to the identification of species
By smith, Roger C.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 7: 120-144, 1934

New records and notes on the distribution of aquatic insects (Coleoptera, Hemiptera) in southeastern Arizona
By Pintar M.R.
Western N.Amer. Naturalist 84: 125–132, 2024

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