Troutstalker55B
09-06-2012, 04:42 AM
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I had the coolest find today on the NFYR, lophocampa maculata ~ spotted tussock moth caterpillar. We found it in the middle of the river on a dry small rock and thought that was odd until it did the most incredible thing. It crawled down to the waters edge and took a ride down the currents for quite a ways until it found another rock, then crawled out and investigated a bit before taking another ride down the river. My first thought was what a fascinating piece of evolution this moth went through to be able to do this amazing feat, secondly; if it's floating down the river then the trout can see it as well! I'm thinking a large buzz hackle in the appropriate color scheme would do just fine. Regardless if a trout will take the caterpillar or not this was indeed a fantastic observation.
Jon.
I had the coolest find today on the NFYR, lophocampa maculata ~ spotted tussock moth caterpillar. We found it in the middle of the river on a dry small rock and thought that was odd until it did the most incredible thing. It crawled down to the waters edge and took a ride down the currents for quite a ways until it found another rock, then crawled out and investigated a bit before taking another ride down the river. My first thought was what a fascinating piece of evolution this moth went through to be able to do this amazing feat, secondly; if it's floating down the river then the trout can see it as well! I'm thinking a large buzz hackle in the appropriate color scheme would do just fine. Regardless if a trout will take the caterpillar or not this was indeed a fantastic observation.
Jon.