Insect Identification

[Thursthouse]

Anyone have any idea what this is?

http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/thursthouse/insect identification_zpsxplyr8cr.jpg

 

[Matt Grobert]

Anyone have any idea what this is?

http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/thursthouse/insect identification_zpsxplyr8cr.jpg

That's a chrysalis from a butterfly....kind of like a pupal shuck on a caddis larva. The caterpillar hangs from its silk and then its skin hardens to form the chrysalis which the larva then morphs into a butterfly inside.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

Looks like you need to fish a yellow mop fly for that hatch

 

[Thursthouse]

Thanks Matt!

Haha I (hangs head) have tried mop flies with all the rage surrounding them, but found them less productive than more traditional flies....proud to say I don't currently have any in my fly boxes - now Barleywine can't blame me for not being more of a traditionalist

 

[Matt Grobert]

Thanks Matt!

Haha I (hangs head) have tried mop flies with all the rage surrounding them, but found them less productive than more traditional flies....proud to say I don't currently have any in my fly boxes - now Barleywine can't blame me for not being more of a traditionalist

Who needs a Mop when you can clean up with a Shop Vac?:rofl:

 

[Future Fanatic]

Anyone have any idea what this is?

http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q750/thursthouse/insect identification_zpsxplyr8cr.jpg

I'm going with Gypsy Moth chrysalis.

 

[Matt Grobert]

I'm going with Gypsy Moth chrysalis.

That is correct, you win the Wulff Triangle Taper fly line along with a free float from Dairy Queen.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

Who needs a Mop when you can clean up with a Shop Vac?:rofl:

Don't quit your day job, Grobert :crap: