Gammarus roeseli

  

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  - Order Amphipoda
  - Family Gammaridae
  - Genus Gammarus
  - Species roeseli  

Widely spread over Europe, it is an important food source for trout and grayling.




Average size is ca. 1 cm., streaming waters are its preferred habitat. Its primitive compound eyes are an aggregate of few cells.




A very effective imitation is the gam&roses, tied on hook's size 16 to 8.