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Genus IxodesObserver
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Found on my dog, who is on tick medication. Is this a tick?
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Green Stoneflies (Family Chloroperlidae)Observer
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In net, caught in riffle.
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Net-spinning Caddisflies (Family Hydropsychidae)Observer
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Scraped case from rock, thought it was an empty pupal case, but larva popped its head out. We pulled it out of the case to photograph, unsure of family.
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Net-spinning Caddisflies (Family Hydropsychidae)Observer
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Turned over a rock, found the net, photographed out of the water, there were several hydropsychidae in the area.
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Crane Flies (Infraorder Tipulomorpha)Observer
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In a shallow riffle, smaller and lighter than our usual tipulids.
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Caddisflies (Order Trichoptera)Observer
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Beautiful 4 sided case of plant materials, found in pool.
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Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera)Observer
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In a pool- there were a LOT of them.
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Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera)Observer
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In a shallow riffle, note well-developed wing pads
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Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera)Observer
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Really small (about 1 mm) and there were A LOT of them.
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Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)Observer
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We saw three different kinds of Chironomidae at this site: pink, brown and grey.
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Common Green Darner (Anax junius)Observer
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Very small, half a cm, found in pool.
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Predaceous Diving Beetles (Family Dytiscidae)Observer
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Dyticidae diving beetle larva? Found in riffle, in area with alder canopy near El Centro. We usually just get Elmidae- this is a first in about 3 years of sampling.
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Biting Midges (Family Ceratopogonidae)Observer
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Nearly transparent, distinctive red capsuled head.
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Stream Mayflies (Family Heptageniidae)Observer
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Huge! Well, for an aquatic insect...
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Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera)Observer
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Two generations present? Some about 2/3 size of the others.
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Net-spinning Caddisflies (Family Hydropsychidae)Observer
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Under rock, rousted from his mucousy nest.
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Nematodes (Phylum Nematoda)Observer
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Can't tell if this is a worm or a Dipteran. No prolegs visible, but it was bigger than the other roundworms in the sample.
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Non-biting Midges (Family Chironomidae)Observer
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Very small, found in urban section of Sausal Creek, detectable nitrate in water sample.
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Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera)Observer
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Very urban section of Sausal Creek, detectable nitrate, is it two species or multiple generations?
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Tube Maker Caddisflies (Family Polycentropodidae)Observer
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Probably Polycentropus, since that is only California genus. Found under cobble in riffle.
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Net-spinning Caddisflies (Family Hydropsychidae)Observer
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Picked off rock, sticky, disorganized home nearby, I think it is hydropsychidae. Very fast, not easy to photograph.
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Tribe AcroneuriiniObserver
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Stonefly, possibly perlidae, photos of dorsal side, and ventral with thoracic gills. Found under cobble in riffle.