Aquatic Entomology Quiz Part 1

Aquatic insects spend at least part of their life cycle in or around 

• water
• plant life
• salt water
• soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Nymphs during most of life cycle; after several years, emerge from water as adults, quickly mate and die (few hours or days)

• Odonata- Dragonflies and Damselflies
  
• Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
  
• Plecoptera- Stoneflies
  
• Megaloptera/Neuroptera: Alderflies and Dobsonflies
  

Predators as nymphs and adults; larvae have unusual mouthparts; help significantly to control mosquito populations

• Odonata- Dragonflies and Damselflies
  
• Plecoptera- Stoneflies
• Hemiptera- True Bugs
  
• Trichoptera- Caddisfly
  

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Name means “case-bearer”. Build cases from materials in rivers (pebbles, leaf litter, twigs, etc.). Most cases about 1.5 cm long.

• Diptera (Flies)
  
• Coleoptera- Beetles
  
• Trichoptera- Caddisfly
  
• Lepidoptera- Butterflies and Moths
  

Immatures called “hellgramite” (fierce, 3’’+long, strong jaws to pinch); Like fast moving water in rocky streams; adults have giant jaws but they do not pinch

• Diptera (Flies)
  
• Megaloptera/Neuroptera: Alderflies and Dobsonflies
  
• Lepidoptera- Butterflies and Moths
• Coleoptera- Beetles
  

Juvenile

• Stonefly

• Mayfly

• Caddisfly

• Dragonfly

• Mayfly

• Stonefly

• Dobsonfly

• Stonefly

Adult

• Adult Dobsonfly

• Adult Dragonfly

• Adult Crayfish

• Adult Cranefly

Juvenile

• Crayfish

• Caddisfly

• Dobsonfly

• Cranefly

Juvenile

• Damselfly

• Dragonfly

• Caddisfly

• Stonefly