What Kind of Bug is This?

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John R

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Jan 27, 2014, 9:45:09 AM1/27/14
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A few weeks back when it warmed up for the weekend, I was out trout fishing Passage Creek near Front Royal and saw this weird bug emerging in the top film.  Looks like a tiny Horseshoe crab or something.  Looks like a weird nymph with a round shell.   I saw two of them and wanted to know what kind of bug it is.  Do trout eat these?  I'm very curious.
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namfos

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Jan 27, 2014, 2:16:01 PM1/27/14
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Beats me, but for aquatic insect pix and ID, this site is pretty cool, http://www.troutnut.com/

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Dan Dutton

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Jan 27, 2014, 4:28:34 PM1/27/14
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looks like an armored mayfly  family Baetiscidae

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