Meaning of willow fly | Babel Free

Definitions

Any stonefly of the genus Chloroperla.

Examples

“Willow Fly⟳, comes on the Middle of August, or sometimes sooner, and continues tll the Dun Blue comes again. It has four Wings, which lie⟳ flat on the Back: the Belly of a dirty-yellow, and the Back of a dark-brown.”

“Locally, with the exception of the few days that the willow fly⟳ is plentiful, an autopsy even of fish⟳ seen feeding on surface flies will discover⟳ far more subaqueous food than flies.”

“The usual colors—salmon, pink, and red—work⟳ well. Something that happens on the Colorado beginning in late May is the stonefly, or Willow Fly⟳, hatch.”

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