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Photo#10406
Stonefly - Agnetina

Stonefly - Agnetina
District of Columbia, USA
June 4, 2004
Is this Isoperia patricia?

Moved
Moved from Common Stoneflies.

Moved
Moved from Isoperla.

Probably not Isoperla
This looks like Agnetina to me (a perlid). The yellow wing bases are usually attributed to A. flavescens, and this could be a dark specimen. A. annulipes and A. capitata are also found in the DC area, and capitata has many synonyms and a rather variable appearance as an adult.

Moved
Moved from Stoneflies.

Isoperla
Looks a lot like Isoperla (Perlodidae). In a key for Utah, (this will be a big help), I.patricia adult males have patches of short stout hairs on the rear margin of the 9th tergite and the abdominal segments often have a red cast. The females have a wide, deep excavation on the subgenital plate and the abdominal segment red cast. If only this information was easy to photograph in the field.

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