Aquatic insects

Backswimmer (Notonectidae) facts, including what backswimmers eat, backswimmer habitats, backswimmer life cycle, and if backswimmers are dangerous.

Studio work with a mayfly (Ephemeroptera) found in our neighborhood (Belgium, Reet, May 2016). Image based on 79 exposures, assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax & Dmap), not cropped. Sony A6300 + Metabones EF to Sony E + Canon EF 100mm 1:2.8L IS USM. ISO-100, f/4, 1/30s, artificial light (diffused Led).

CONTENTS ACTIVITIES: Aquatic Bug Background Research · Students will conduct academic research on an aquatic macroinvertebrate and give an oral

Digital File (PDF) of Macroinvertebrates living in Streams. File can be printed in high quality to a size up to 18 by 24 Illustration of 22 Macroinvertebrates categorized to pollution sensitive levels Illustrated Macroinvertebrates: Water Penny Beetle, Caddisfly Larva, Riffle Beetle,

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Pollution containing nitrogen and other nutrients flush into streams fertilizing the algae which can rob the water of the dissolved oxygen, which lots of organisms need to survive.

Pollution-Sensitive Aquatic Invertebrates by PonderosaPower.deviantart.com on @DeviantArt

This big stonefly showed up at the mercury vapor lamp at one of our moth nights out at Montague last summer. I believe it's genus Acroneuria. You can see how insane it was at the sheet that night - I count 2 micro moths, 2 caddisflies, one weevil and one unknown insect photobombing the shot :-). From July 2013.