1. Aquatic Macroinvertebrates (“Critters from the Habitat”)

2. Classifying Life Common name: Green Darner (a dragonfly)
Scientific name: Anax junius
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Anax
Species: junius

3. Invertebrate Diversity!

4. Life Cycles

5. Dragonfly Life Cycle

6. Obtaining Food
Herbivore
Predator
Detritivore

7. Adaptations
Traits that help an organism survive in its environment!

8. Lets Meet Some Pond Invertebrates!
Dragonflies and Damselflies Order: Odonata

9. Water Beetles
Order: Coleoptera

10. True Bugs
Order: Hemiptera

11. Aquatic Flies
Order: Diptera

12. Snails
Class: Gastropoda

13. Amphipods (scuds)
Order: Amphipoda (these are crustaceans)

14. Let go catch some critters in the Habitat!

15. Exploring Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
Invertebrate Common Name___________________________
Classification (Class or Order) _______________________
Circle the feeding mode: Predator Herbivore
Detritivore Other________
Prepared by ______________________________
Exploring Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
Brief Description (color, size, etc.):
Method of Movement:
Food Source(s):
Adaptation(s):
Life Cycle: