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1 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

2 COLEOPTERA: BEETLES 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 mosquito pupa blackfly pupa adult blackfly blackfly larvae adult cranefly cranefly pupa cranefly larva adult mosquito mosquito larva

7 DIPTERA LIFECYCLE

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

9 BIVALVIA LIFECYCLE Lifecycle of Unionidae and Margaritiferidae bivalves

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

11 GASTROPODA: SNAILS & LIMPETS limpets snail larvae limpet snail snail eggs 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 adult

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 with wingpads adult naiad naiad with wing pads naiad

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

33 THAT’S ALL FOLKS!!!


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