Entomologists and
others...
On my trout
trip today, I got very close to insect life. I met a trillion of blood
sucking ones, who totally ignored my new (expensive) mosquito
repellent. The ultimate test: Are you a true angler ("Do you stay or do you
flee?"). Well, I stayed for a good while... but when I finally WAS preparing to
leave, I saw a (to me) new insect. I want to say that it was the
most beautiful caddis species I've ever seen, but until I know more I'll put
that on hold.
If I hadn't seen it
landed, I wouldn't have thought anything about it. "Just another colorful
insect..." But when it sat down on the car and folded its wings back... I just
got stunned. "Nooooooo... it can't be."
What did it look
like?
About 2 cm's long
and had the wings of a caddis, folded back "tent
style" when resting. No real color on them, but very(!)
transclusent. You could easily see its body through
them. But the body on this one was bright
green and fairly slim, kind of "damsel slim" (no real
tapering).
I haven't got a PhD
in entomology (just in Jestery) so I'm asking you: Have any of you seen any
starving green caddises out there?
Are there any green
caddises (period)? If there are... any suggestions on this one? Let's see a VFB
brainstorm. If you have something and are thinking "Nahh, he
probably doesn't mean that one."... let me have it anyway so I can see
for myself.
My search engines
are "good to go"... and I'm loading up with energy drinks since I'll
probably be up all night looking through all the suggestions of species you're
going to send me. ;o)
Thanks in
advance,
/Nick
