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Definition of Alder fly
1. Noun. Dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae.
Generic synonyms: Neuropteran, Neuropteron, Neuropterous Insect
Group relationships: Genus Sialis, Sialis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alder Fly
Literary usage of Alder fly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Miscellanies by Charles Kingsley (1860)
"The famous Loch-Awe fly, described as an alder-fly with a rail's wing, seems to
be nothing but this fat little worthy: but the best plan is to make the ..."
2. Salmonia: Or, Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations; with Some by Humphry Davy (1832)
"You see the alder-fly is quite as successful as the May-fly; but there is a fish
which has refused it, and because he has been feeding, glutton- like, ..."
3. The British Angler's Manual, Or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland by Thomas Christopher Hofland (1839)
"39, for die first drop ; and the alder-fly, No. 24 (widi die wings made of die
red feather of the partridge's rump), for my second drop. ..."
4. The practical fly-fisher; more particularly for grayling or umber by John Jackson (1880)
"The Grey Drake kills well in the evenings ; but from the difficulty of obtaining
good imitations of the Drakes, I generally fish the alder fly, using the ..."
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