1. ADULTS IMMATURES AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES and
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

2. COLEOPTERA: BEETLES whirligig beetle larva riffle beetle larvae
adult riffle beetles
whirligig beetle larva
whirligig beetle adult
Dytiscid beetle adult
Dytiscid beetle larva

3. COLEOPTERA LIFECYCLE
beetle pupa
beetle pupae

4. EPHEMEROPTERA: MAYFLIES
adult mayfly
adult
naiad (larva)
naiad

5. EPHEMEROPTERA LIFECYCLE

6. DIPTERA: TRUE FLIES blackfly pupa adult blackfly blackfly larvae
mosquito pupa
blackfly pupa
adult blackfly
blackfly larvae
adult cranefly
cranefly pupa
cranefly larva
adult mosquito
mosquito larva

7. DIPTERA LIFECYCLE

8. BIVALVIA: MUSSELS & CLAMS
Asiatic clam
fingernail clam
mussel
larval clams
mussel larvae
mussels

9. BIVALVIA LIFECYCLE
Lifecycle of Unionidae and Margaritiferidae bivalves

10. HEMIPTERA: TRUE BUGS water strider adult Belostomatidae
larvae
water strider
adult Belostomatidae
larval Corixidae
adult Corixidae
adult toad bug
Belostomatidae
adult water scorpion

11. GASTROPODA: SNAILS & LIMPETS
snail larvae
limpet
snail
snail eggs

12. OLIGOCHAETA: AQUATIC WORMS
Pristina sp.
Larvae resemble the adults.

13. LEPIDOPTERA: MOTHS & BUTTERFLIES
larva
adult moth
pupae

14. LEPIDOPTERA LIFECYCLE
adult
pupa
larvae

15. AMPHIPODA: SCUDS, SIDESWIMMERS
Larvae resemble the adults.

16. ODONATA: DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES
adult emerging from old skin
dragonfly adult
adult
damselfly adult
damselfly naiad
Dragonfly naiads

17. DECAPODA: CRAYFISH & SHRIMPS
female with eggs
larval crayfish
freshwater shrimp
juvenile crayfish
crayfish adult
adult crayfish
shrimp

18. NEUROPTERA: SPONGILLA-FLIES
adults
larva

19. MEGALOPTERA: DOBSONFLIES & ALDERFLIES
Female alderfly with eggs.
alderfly larva
adult Dobsonfly
Dobsonfly larva
Dobsonfly adult
adult alderfly

20. HIRUDINEA: LEECHES brooding female Female with young.
Adult with young.
adult
adults

21. ISOPODA: SOWBUGS, PILLBUGS
Larvae resemble the adults.

22. TRICHOPTERA: CADDISFLIES
pupa
adult caddisfly
adult
larva
Larva of Helicopsyche sp.
Larva with case.

23. TRICHOPTERA LIFECYCLE

24. PLECOPTERA: STONEFLIES
naiad with wingpads
adult
naiad
naiad with wing pads

25. PLECOPTERA LIFECYCLE

26. COLLEMBOLA: SPRINGTAILS
Larvae resemble the adults.

27. TURBELLARIA: FLATWORMS
Larvae resemble the adults.

28. HYDRACARINA: WATER MITES
adult water mites

29. HYDRACARINA: WATER MITES
Larval mites on adult dragonfly.
Larval mites on adult water boatman.
Larval mites on adult damselfly.

30. HYDRACARINA LIFECYCLE

31. NEMATOMORPHA: HORSEHAIR WORMS

32. BRANCHIOBDELLIDA: CRAYFISH PARASITES
Branchiobdellids on crayfish claw.
branchiobdellids
Branchiobdellids on crayfish.
Crayfish with attached branchiobdellids.

33. THAT’S ALL FOLKS!!!