yellow sally

British  

noun

1. an angler's name for either of two small yellow stoneflies: Isoperla grammatica of chalk streams and Chloroperla torrentium of upland streams

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Example Sentences

However, despite learning much about scarce yellow sally, the scientists still have no idea how it got its name.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023

The tiny river fly, known as scarce yellow sally, was thought to have died out a few decades ago.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2023

Just a few years ago, it seemed like the scarce yellow sally stonefly had gone locally extinct.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2020

Without any new evidence of its survival in the River Dee, the scarce yellow sally stonefly would be declared locally extinct, Mr. Macadam said; it already had vanished from an assortment of European countries.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2020

Using traditional and eDNA sampling across 12 locations on the River Dee, Mr. Davy-Bowker and his colleagues documented six sites with traces of the scarce yellow sally stonefly, according to findings published last fall.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2020