Aquatic insects

Aquatic Macroinvertebrates « Creek Connections | Allegheny College - Meadville, PA

Studio work with a mayfly (Ephemeroptera) found in our neighborhood (Belgium, Reet, May 2016). Image based on 79 exposures, assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax & Dmap), not cropped. Sony A6300 + Metabones EF to Sony E + Canon EF 100mm 1:2.8L IS USM. ISO-100, f/4, 1/30s, artificial light (diffused Led).

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Photograph:Diving beetles live in water. They come to the water's surface to get air.

Backswimmer (Notonectidae) facts, including what backswimmers eat, backswimmer habitats, backswimmer life cycle, and if backswimmers are dangerous.

Pollution containing nitrogen and other nutrients flush into streams fertilizing the algae which can rob the water of the dissolved oxygen, which lots of organisms need to survive.

Have you ever heard of a mayfly? Here are some basic facts about this aquatic insect that has a very short time in its adult form and can be found in rivers and lakes everywhere.

This big stonefly showed up at the mercury vapor lamp at one of our moth nights out at Montague last summer. I believe it's genus Acroneuria. You can see how insane it was at the sheet that night - I count 2 micro moths, 2 caddisflies, one weevil and one unknown insect photobombing the shot :-). From July 2013.

Seven-year experiment shows that pond communities bear a lasting imprint of random events in their past

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This is a great explanation of a mayfly lifecycle. I love the diagram of this aquatic insect. #naturefacts #insects #diagram #mayfly

Cumaceans are small peracarid crustaceans that can be remarkably diverse and important benthic organisms. Despite their ubiquitous presence in soft sediments, no well-resolved phylogeny currently exi...

The Water Boatman. A tiny insect that sings with its penis is loudest creature on Earth. .....Hmmm? No, really. Yes, that's correct. Google "Water Boatman"

Different kinds of insects on a white background. water insects illustrations package., package, #illustrations, #water, #Ad

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