ADULTS

and

IMMATURES

AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES

KU Environmental Science AcademyKansas Geological Survey & KU Talent SearchSchlagle Library and Environmental Learning Center

Saturday January 24, 2009

Presented by:

Don Huggins & LeeAnn Bennett

Kansas Biological Survey

COLEOPTERA: BEETLES

riffle beetle larvae

adult riffle beetles

whirligig beetle larva

whirligig beetle adult

Dytiscid beetle adult

Dytiscid beetle larva

COLEOPTERA LIFECYCLE

beetle pupa

beetle pupae

EPHEMEROPTERA: MAYFLIES

adult mayfly

adult

adult

adult

naiad (larva)

naiad

naiad

naiad

EPHEMEROPTERA LIFECYCLE

DIPTERA: TRUE FLIES

mosquito pupa

blackfly pupa

adult blackfly blackfly larvae

adult cranefly

cranefly pupa cranefly larva

adult mosquito mosquito larva

DIPTERA LIFECYCLE

mussels

BIVALVIA: MUSSELS & CLAMS

Asiatic clam

fingernail clam

mussel

mussel

larval clams

mussel larvae

BIVALVIA LIFECYCLE

Lifecycle of Unionidae and Margaritiferidae bivalves

HEMIPTERA: TRUE BUGS

larvae

water strider

adult Belostomatidae

larval Corixidae

adult Corixidae

adult toad bug

Belostomatidae

adult water scorpion

GASTROPODA: SNAILS & LIMPETS

limpets

snail larvae

limpet

snail

snail eggs

snailsnail eggs

OLIGOCHAETA: AQUATIC WORMS

Pristina sp.

Larvae resemble the adults.

LEPIDOPTERA: MOTHS & BUTTERFLIES

larva

larva

larva

larvaadult moth

adult moth

pupae

LEPIDOPTERA LIFECYCLE

adult

pupa

larvae

AMPHIPODA: SCUDS, SIDESWIMMERS

Larvae resemble the adults.

ODONATA: DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES

adult emerging from old skin

dragonfly adult

adult adult

damselfly adult

damselfly naiad

Dragonfly naiads

DECAPODA: CRAYFISH & SHRIMPS

female with eggs

larval crayfish

freshwater shrimp

juvenile crayfish

crayfish adult

adult crayfishshrimp

shrimp

NEUROPTERA: SPONGILLA-FLIES

adults

larva

larva

larva larva

MEGALOPTERA: DOBSONFLIES & ALDERFLIES

Female alderfly with eggs.

alderfly larva

adult Dobsonfly

Dobsonfly larva

Dobsonfly adult

Dobsonfly adult

adult alderfly

HIRUDINEA: LEECHESbrooding female

Female with young.

Adult with young.

adult

adult

adults

adult

ISOPODA: SOWBUGS, PILLBUGS

Larvae resemble the adults.

TRICHOPTERA: CADDISFLIES

pupa

pupa

adult caddisflyadult

adult

larva

larva

larva

Larva of Helicopsyche sp.

Larva with case.

TRICHOPTERA LIFECYCLE

PLECOPTERA: STONEFLIES

naiad with wingpads adult

adult

adult

naiad with wingpads

adult

adult

naiad

naiad with wing pads

naiad

PLECOPTERA LIFECYCLE

COLLEMBOLA: SPRINGTAILS

Larvae resemble the adults.

TURBELLARIA: FLATWORMS Larvae resemble the adults.

HYDRACARINA: WATER MITES

adult water mites

HYDRACARINA: WATER MITES

Larval mites on adult dragonfly.

Larval mites on adult water boatman.

Larval mites on adult damselfly.

HYDRACARINA LIFECYCLE

NEMATOMORPHA: HORSEHAIR WORMS

Branchiobdellids on crayfish.

Crayfish with attached branchiobdellids.

BRANCHIOBDELLIDA: CRAYFISH PARASITES

Branchiobdellids on crayfish claw.

branchiobdellids

THAT’S ALL FOLKS!!!