Do Trout Eat Damselflies?

I have subsequently learned that trout gobble adult damselflies whenever and wherever they find them, which turns out to be in July and August along the weedy shorelines of most trout ponds and lakes and in the deadwater sections of rivers and spring creeks.

What animals do trout eat?

Trout eat a host of aquatic insects, terrestrial insects, other fish, crustaceans, leeches, worms, and other foods. The food items that are most important to trout and fly fishers are the aquatic insects that spend most of their life cycles underwater in rivers, streams, and stillwaters.

Do trout eat caterpillars?

Caterpillars constitute an important food source for trout in forest streams around the world, yet they're vastly under-represented in fly fishers' boxes, which are often filled with other terrestrials like ants, beetles, and grasshoppers.