Insect Family Sialidae (Alderflies)

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Megaloptera (Hellgrammites, Dobsonflies, and Alderflies)

» Family Sialidae (Alderflies)

Genus in Sialidae
Sialis	0	0

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Alderflies

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This is page 2 of specimens of Sialidae. Visit the main Sialidae page for:

The behavior and habitat of Sialidae.

Pictures of 5 Alderfly Specimens:

Specimen Page:12

Male Sialis hamata Alderfly Adult

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Collected May 15, 2012 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on May 18, 2012

Sialis Alderfly Larva

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Collected March 13, 2005 from Cascadilla Creek in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on April 5, 2006

Specimen Page:12

Useful References:

Brigham, W.U., A.K. Brigham, and A. Gnilke. 1982. Aquatic Insects and Oligochaetes of North and South Carolina. Midwest Aquatic Entomologist.

McCafferty, W.P. 1983. Aquatic Entomology: The Fishermen's Guide and Ecologists' Illustrated Guide to Insects and Their Relatives. Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Merritt R.W., and K.W. Cummins. 1996. An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America (Third Edition). Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Peckarsky, Barbara. 1990. Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Northeastern North America. Comstock Publishing.

Schwiebert, Ernest G. 1955. Matching the Hatch. MacMillan Publishing Company.

Stehr, Frederick W. 1998. Immature Insects. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Usinger, R.L. 1956. Aquatic Insects California, with keys to North American Genera and California species. University of California Press.