Each image links to a set of pages containing larger pictures, indentification guides and details of food and habitat requirements for each of the insect species within a group or "order" of insects.
Upwinged flies, commonly referred to as mayflies, have long been of great interest to river fishers, especially in springtime. On lakes, however, the sedge flies, also known as caddisflies, are equally important and in some places rather more so. Aquatic diptera too, and chironomids in particular, are a major source of food for lake trout, and so are the nymphs of damselflies in shallow lakes and slow-flowing rivers.
But wherever you go, on river, stream or lake, by the time autumn arrives so also do the terrestrial beetles and many other insects - craneflies or daddy long-legs for example - whose presence is vital for the survival of trout, water birds, amphibians and hence the whole of the foodchain.
Also on these pages you will find pictures and information about water bugs, dragonflies and butterflies - and guess what? We also plan to add a section on moths in the not too distant future.
We hope you find the photographs and brief articles of interest. If you are a keen flyfisher, take a look at Matching the Hatch; it's the most user-friendly illustrated guide to aquatic insects and their imitation with artificial flies.
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