Freshwater Invertebrate Underwater Pictures, Page 12
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These big bucket-like nets on the weeds are home to Hydropsychid caddisflies, as I verified by actually taking one apart to look at its inhabitant.
In this picture: Caddisfly Family Hydropsychidae.Date AddedJun 6, 2007
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Date AddedJul 1, 2006
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I spotted this very large leech freely tumbling, and occasionally stopping, along the bottom of a clear, cool trout stream. I paid careful attention later and spotted two more like it, but this one was the largest -- probably over 7 inches stretched out.
There is
one other picture of it.
In this picture: Animal Class Clitellata-Hirudinae (Leeches).Date AddedJul 1, 2006
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A peculiar mayfly nymph clings to a log. I'm not sure if it's a Heptageniid clinger or a flat-bodied Ephemerellid crawler, but I don't believe it's a species I've collected yet.
In this picture: Insect Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies).