ADULTS and IMMATURES AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES KU Environmental Science Academy Kansas Geological Survey & KU Talent Search Schlagle 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 naiad (larva) 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 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 snail snail eggs
OLIGOCHAETA: AQUATIC WORMS Pristina sp. Larvae resemble the adults.
LEPIDOPTERA: MOTHS & BUTTERFLIES larva 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 damselfly adult damselfly naiad Dragonfly naiads
DECAPODA: CRAYFISH & SHRIMPS female with eggs larval crayfish freshwater shrimp juvenile crayfish crayfish adult adult crayfish shrimp
NEUROPTERA: SPONGILLA-FLIES adults larva
MEGALOPTERA: DOBSONFLIES & ALDERFLIES Female alderfly with eggs. alderfly larva adult Dobsonfly Dobsonfly larva Dobsonfly adult adult alderfly
HIRUDINEA: LEECHES brooding female Female with young. Adult with young. adult adults adult
ISOPODA: SOWBUGS, PILLBUGS Larvae resemble the adults.
TRICHOPTERA: CADDISFLIES pupa adult caddisfly adult larva Larva of Helicopsyche sp. Larva with case.
TRICHOPTERA LIFECYCLE
PLECOPTERA: STONEFLIES naiad with wingpads adult naiad with wingpads 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!!!