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Terrestrial flies don't always look
exactly like the real thing. This bushy
imitation suggests perhaps a moth or
grasshopper but isn't a replica of any
one insect. (Photo by Jack Ballard)

T

he movements of insects can be astonishing or
awkward. Despite their stout frame, bumblebees
use fast, irregular and rotational wing movements

to generate sufficient lift and propulsion for their buzzing,
erratic patterns of flight. Some grasshoppers can jump 30
inches in a single leap which is the equivalent of a football
field for a human.

We've all witnessed insect locomotion
that's much less impressive. Does a moth
really intend to repeatedly knock its noggin
against an outdoor light bulb? And what
about the bumbling beetle that pitches over
backwards attempting to scale a small stone
and can't right itself?
Athletic or ignominious, the travels of
bugs frequently take them places they don't
intend to go. For terrestrial insects, those
whose life cycle occurs on land, a dip into
a lake or river is probably an accident. For
a bass or trout finning in the current or
cruising the shoreline of a lake, the plop
of a hopper hitting the surface after being
blown off course by the wind or the clumsy
drop of a beetle from a stem of streamside
grass means a meal. Compared to the much
smaller aquatic insects normally consumed
by fish, it's not only an easy meal, but a big
one. Think of it as a terrestrial extra.

Morsels of opportunity

There's opportunity in the terrestrial extra
for more than trout. Anglers can cash in
on a fish's gleeful gulp of a grasshopper or
cricket. When I was a kid, my dad fished
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From the director
A couple pennies
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News
Project profiles
Ask Game and Fish
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In the Field
The terrestrial extra
Elk and Elke
Earrings with info
Still in Love
Wild country dispatch
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