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Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Insects for Pond Study

A general list of possible aquatic insects to find in our lakes for our Bioblitz.
Please join us for our Bioblitz on July 13, 2019!

Small Mayflies 1
Baetidae
Baetiscidae
Stream Mayflies 2
Heptageniidae
Spiny Crawler Mayflies 3
Ephemerellidae
Small Squaregilled Mayflies 4
Caenidae
Brush-legged Mayflies
Isonychiidae
Common Burrower Mayflies 2
Ephemeridae
Prong-gilled Mayflies 5
Leptophlebiidae
Metretopodidae
Polymitarcyidae 3
Hackle-gilled Burrower Mayflies 3
Potamanthidae
Siphlonuridae 6
Little stout crawler mayflies 7
Tricorythidae
Broad-winged Damselflies 3
Calopterygidae
Narrow-winged Damselflies 8
Coenagrionidae
Spread-winged Damselflies 9
Lestidae
Darners 10
Aeshnidae
Spiketails 11
Cordulegastridae
Clubtails 12
Gomphidae
Skimmers 13
Libellulidae
Small Winter Stoneflies 14
Capniidae
Green Stoneflies
Chloroperlidae
Rolled-winged Stoneflies 15
Leuctridae
Forestflies 16
Nemouridae
Common Stoneflies 7
Perlidae
Stripetail and Springfly Stoneflies 17
Perlodidae
Giant Stoneflies 18
Pteronarcyidae
Winter Stoneflies 19
Taeniopterygidae
Giant Water Bugs 20
Belostomatidae
Water Boatmen 21
Corixidae
Toad Bugs 22
Gelastocoridae
Water Striders 23
Gerridae
Velvet Water Bugs 24
Hebridae
Water Measurers 25
Hydrometridae
Water Treaders 26
Mesoveliidae
Creeping Water Bugs 24
Naucoridae
Water Scorpions 27
Nepidae
Backswimmers 28
Notonectidae
Pygmy Backswimmers 29
Pleidae
Shore bugs 30
Saldidae
Ripple Bugs 22
Veliidae
Dobsonflies and Fishflies 31
Corydalidae
Alderflies 32
Sialidae
Humpless Casemaker Caddisflies 33
Brachycentridae
Little Black Caddisflies 34
Glossosomatidae
Snail-case Caddisflies 35
Helicopsychidae
Net-spinning Caddisflies 36
Hydropsychidae
Microcaddisflies 19
Hydroptilidae
Bizarre Caddisflies 37
Lepidostomatidae
Long-horned Caddisflies 38
Leptoceridae
Northern Caddisflies 39
Limnephilidae
Hood Casemakers 40
Molannidae
Mortarjoint Casemakers 41
Odontoceridae
Fingernet Caddisflies 42
Philopotamidae
Giant Casemaker Caddisflies 43
Phryganeidae
Tube Maker Caddisflies 7
Polycentropodidae
Net Tube Caddisflies 44
Psychomyiidae
Free-living Caddisflies 5
Rhyacophilidae
Bushtailed Caddisflies 34
Sericostomatidae
Stonecase Caddisflies 45
Uenoidae
Pyralid Snout Moths 46
Pyralidae
long-toed water beetles 47
Dryopidae
Riffle Beetles 47
Elmidae
Whirligig beetles 48
Gyrinidae
Crawling Water Beetles 47
Haliplidae
Water Scavenger Beetles
Hydrophilidae
Water Penny Beetles 49
Psephenidae
Marsh Beetles 47
Scirtidae
Water Snipe Flies 50
Athericidae
Net-winged Midges
Blephariceridae
Biting Midges 28
Ceratopogonidae
Phantom Midges 51
Chaoboridae
Non-biting Midges 24
Chironomidae
Mosquitoes 52
Culicidae
Meniscus Midges 53
Dixidae
Long-legged Flies 54
Dolichopodidae
Dance Flies 55
Empididae
Shore Flies 56
Ephydridae
House Flies and Allies 57
Muscidae
Moth Flies and Sand Flies 58
Psychodidae
Phantom Crane Flies 51
Ptychopteridae
Black Flies 59
Simuliidae
Soldier Flies 60
Stratiomyidae
Hover Flies 61
Syrphidae
Horse and Deer Flies 62
Tabanidae
Large Crane Flies 63
Tipulidae

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