Identification help

[delta_dog]

This past weekend I took a few pics of a larva of some sort and have no idea what it is. I was thinking caddis but not sure. The other pic is a fish that had about a dozen nymphs stuck all over him again no idea what they are either. Thanks

 

[Foxgap239]

I cannot ever remember catching a fish that had nymphs on him. I will have to look more closely in the future. I think that is really cool to see.

 

[Cold]

The top three are all caddis larvae, the "nymphs" on the fish are probably some sort of parasite.

 

[pcray1231]

Tough to tell from the pic, but the ones on the fish look like ladybugs!!!

 

[delta_dog]

Lol.....My entomology skills are more than sub par but I'm pretty sure I could have identified a ladybug. They were nymphs of some sort they almost looked like large "size 14" midge larva. They were crawling all over several fish.

 

[sandfly]

all caddis larva, fish was rooting in bottom and they got stuck on fish. seen this before. caddis have a sticky substance to help them adhere in fast water, a thread like substance. they also use it to drift its in Lafontaine's book...then again could be parasites on fish, hard to see clearly.