Aquatic insect?

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Aquatic insect?

Post by adamschneider » May 17th, 2017, 11:47 pm

I have NO idea what these little beasties are. They're probably larvae/nymphs of some sort, but they might not even be insects. (Definitely arthropods of some sort, though.) I found them last spring in a tidepool-like puddle at "The Narrows" on the North Umpqua River, trying hard not to get eaten by the many caddisfly larvae that hung out in the same puddle.

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Re: Aquatic insect?

Post by kaltbluter » May 18th, 2017, 5:46 am

It looks like a damselfly larvae wearing a fat suit.
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Re: Aquatic insect?

Post by adamschneider » May 18th, 2017, 8:13 am

Yeah, the wide bits in back make it unique. But I think I've figured it out: Timpanoga hecuba, a "spiny crawler mayfly."
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