Of interest to fly fishers.
A cross reference of common fly names to taxonomic names.
This is a compilation of sixteen hatch charts and various other sources.
Numbers in brackets indicate number of times the charts agreed.

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 http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/slide/intro.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here for a small-scale composite map of all brood ranges.

17-year Broods	Year				General region
I	1961	1978	1995	2012	VA, WV
II	1962	1979	1996	2013	CT, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, VA
III	1963	1980	1997	2014	IA, IL, MO
IV	1964	1981	1998	2015	IA, KS, MO, NE, OK, TX
V	1965	1982	1999	2016	MD, OH, PA, VA, WV
VI	1966	1983	2000	2017	GA, NC, SC
VII	1967	1984	2001	2018	NY
VIII	1968	1985	2002	2019	OH, PA, WV
IX	1952	1969	1986	2003	NC, VA, WV
X	1953	1970	1987	2004	DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV
XIII	1956	1973	1990	2007	IA, IL, IN, MI, WI
XIV	1957	1974	1991	2008	KY, GA, IN, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV
13-year Broods
XIX	1972	1985	1998	2011	AL, AR, GA, IN, IL, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA
XXII	1975	1988	2001	2014	LA, MS
XXIII	1976	1989	2002	2015	AR, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, TN

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This year's population (17-year Brood X) is the largest of the 17-year broods, with cicada emergences expected in parts of fifteen states from New York to Georgia to Illinois. They should attract lots of attention, since several important metropolitan regions (including the nation's capital) fall within the distribution of Brood X. If you're interested in seeing a periodical cicada emergence, now is the time to act, because no cicadas are expected to emerge in 2005 or 2006.

Click on a brood number in the table below to see a larger-scale map of that brood's range.

Note: Maps are based on a variety of published and unpublished sources, and are intended to give only approximate brood ranges. Consult published sources (e.g., Simon 1988, Marlatt 1923 or USDA reports) for more detailed information.

Sometimes periodical cicadas emerge "off-schedule" by one or more years. This phenomenon is often referred to by the general term "straggling," although straggling cicadas can emerge either later or earlier than expected. Straggling makes it difficult to construct accurate maps of periodical cicada brood distributions, and historical reports of emergences often contain little or no information about how many cicadas were seen. Straggling emergences in which one or two cicadas are present are common; larger unexpected emergences of thousands of individuals have been reported (e.g. Dybas 1969).

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Troutnut.com

Below are my favorite aquatic creature pictures out of all 1000+ images in the naturals gallery.

 

http://www.troutnut.com/naturals/favorites.php

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Of interest to fly fishers.
A cross reference of common fly names to taxonomic names.
This is a compilation of sixteen hatch charts and various other sources.
Numbers in brackets indicate number of times the charts agreed.

IMPORTANT. Genus and/or species of insects are continually being re-classified. The chart at the bottom of this page was sent to me by a fly-fisherman in Washington State who states that "Early in my fly-fishing maturation, I developed a keen interest in aquatic entomology, and have pursued it, particularly since retirement, with a zeal my wife believes to be obsessive." I imagine that kind of good natured comment rings a bell with a lot of fly-fishermen.
The information was gathered from a fantastic site at The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

I would really appreciate comments, corrections or additions.
Last update Jan 14 2004

 

Follow this next link for more on this subject!

 

 

                       Tight line, Romeo R.

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                                            Tight line, Romeo R.

 

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Water What-ifs

Macroinvertebrates

http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/depot/experiments/water/macro/ 

 

Tight Line, Romeo R.