15 June 2011
Posted by Callan
Two macrobugs from yesterday’s field trip to the Rockfish River area south of Charlottesville…
… a really fast orange-and-maroon grub:
…and an elegant fly:
We also saw some rocks, but I’ll have to blog about them later because right now I have to pack up for summer travels.
Callan Bentley is an assistant professor of geology at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia. He is particularly interested in structural geology and the evolution of the Appalachian mountain belt. Callan draws cartoons and writes for EARTH magazine. He lives in the Fort Valley of Virginia.
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Dana Hunter said on 16 June 2011
That is seriously one of the cutest flies I’ve ever seen. I never thought I’d say that about a fly. I just want to take it home and name it George…