Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Reference Collections Organisms that could be in this reference collection are listed below. Not all below will be found in each collection loaned to schools.

MAYFLIES MEGALOPTERAS Stonefly Nymph Brushlegged Mayfly Giant Stonefly Order: Ephemeroptera Order: Order: Family: Oligoneuriidae Family: Pteronarcyidae Family: Corydalidae Subfamily: Chauliodinae Mayfly Nymph Stonefly Nymph Common Burrower Roachlike Stonefly Larva Order: Ephemeroptera Order: Plecoptera (Hellgrammite) Family: Ephemeridae Family: Peltoperlidae Order: Megaloptera Family: Corydalidae Mayfly Nymph Stonefly Nymph Subfamily: Corydalinea Pale Burrower Taeniopterygid Broadback Alderfly Larva Order: Ephemeroptera Order: Plecoptera Order: Megaloptera Family: Polymitarcyidae Family: Taeniopterygidae Family: Sialidae

Mayfly Nymph Stonefly Nymph Flathead Mayfly Green Stonefly Order: Ephemeroptera Order: Plecoptera DAMSELFLIES Family: Heptageniidae Family: Chloroperlidae

Mayfly Nymph Damselfly Nymph Hacklegill Stonefly Nymph Broadwinged Damselfly Order: Ephemeroptera Slender Winter Stonefly Order: Odonata Family: Potamanthidae Order: Plecoptera Family: Calopterygidae Family: Capniidae Mayfly Nymph Damselfly Nymph Little Stout Crawler Narrowwinged Damselfly Order: Ephemeroptera Order: Odonata Family: Tricorythidae Larva Family: Coenagrionidae

Mayfly Nymph Common Netspinner Order: Trichoptera Damselfly Nymph Small Squaregills Family: Hydropsychidae Spreadwinged Damselfly Order: Ephemeroptera Order: Odonata Family: Caenidae Caddisfly Family: Lestidae

Mayfly Nymph Common Netspinner Order: Trichoptera DRAGONFLIES Small Minnow Mayfly Family: Hydropsychidae Order: Ephemeroptera Dragonfly Nymph Family: Baetidae Caddisfly Larva Clubtail Mayfly Nymph Longhorned Case Maker Order: Odonata Order: Trichoptera Family: Gomphidae Primitive Minnow Mayfly Family: Leptoceridae Order: Ephemeroptera Dragonfly Nymph Family: Siphlonuridae Caddisfly Larva Common Skimmer Northern Case Maker Mayfly Nymph Order: Odonata Order: Trichoptera Spiny Crawler Family: Libellulidae Family: Limnephilidae Order: Ephemeroptera Family: Ephemerellidae Dragonfly Nymph Caddisfly Pupa in Case Darner Order: Trichoptera Order: Odonata

STONEFLIES Family: Aeshnidae Caddisfly Case

Order: Trichoptera Dragonfly Nymph Stonefly Nymph Common Stonefly Greeneyed Skimmer Order: Odonata Order: Plecoptera Family: Corduliidae Family: CRUSTACEANS (WATER BUGS) Burrowing Water Backswimmer Beetle Adult Crayfish Order: Coleoptera Order: Hemiptera Class: Crustacea Family: Noteridae Family: Order: Decapoda Family: Astacidae Water Boatman Crawling Water Sideswimmer Order: Hemiptera Beetle Adult Order: Coleoptera (Scud) Family: Family: Hapliplidae Class: Crustacea Order: Amphipoda Water Strider Predacious Diving Order: Hemiptera Beetle Adult Aquatic Sowbug Family: Order: Coleoptera Class: Crustacea Shortlegged Strider Family: Dytiscidae Order: Isopoda Order: Hemiptera Predacious Diving Family: Beetle Larva DIPTERA Giant Water Bug Order: Coleoptera Order: Hemiptera Family: Dytiscidae Crane Fly Larva Family: Belostomatidaee Order: Diptera Family: Tipulidae Creeping Water Bug Order: Hemiptera Watersnipe Fly Larva Family: MOLLUSKS Order: Diptera Family: Athericidae Velvet Water Bug Snail Order: Hemiptera Phylum: Mollusca Black Fly Larva Family: Hebridae Class: Gastropoda

Order: Diptera Family: Simuliidae Water Scorpion Limpet Order: Hemiptera Phylum: Mollusca Family: Black Fly Pupa Class: Gastropoda Order: Diptera Family: Simuliidae BEETLES Freshwater Clam/Mussel Phylum: Mollusca Midge Larva Class: Bivalvia Water Penny (Bloodworm) Order: Coleoptera Order: Diptera Family: Psephenidae OTHERS Family: Leech Subfamily: Chironominae Phylum: Annelida Whirligig Beetle Adult Class: Hirudinea Midge Larva Order: Coleoptera Family: Gyrinidae Order: Diptera Family: Chironomidae Aquatic Worm Whirligig Beetle Larva Phylum: Annelida Class: Oligochaeta Biting Midge Larva Order: Coleoptera Family: Gyrinidae Order: Diptera Planarians Family: Ceratopogonidae Riffle Beetle Adult (Flatworms) Order: Coleoptera Phylum: Platyhelminthes Mosquito Larva Family: Elmidae Class: Turbellaria Order: Diptera Family: Culcidae Tadpole Riffle Beetle Larva Mosquito Pupa Order: Coleoptera (Larval frog) Family: Elmidae Phylum: Chordata Order: Diptera Class: Amphibia Family: Culcidae Water Scavenger Phantom Midge Larva Beetle Adult Salamander Order: Diptera Order: Coleoptera (Larval form) Family: Chaoboridae Family: Hydrophilidae Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Water Scavenger Beetle Larva Order: Coleoptera Family: Hydrophilidae