aquatic insects
Pond-dwelling six-leggers
Aquatic insects are insects that live in or on water during some or all of their life cycle.
Many spend their larval stages underwater—dragonflies, mayflies, mosquitoes—then emerge as flying adults.
Others, like water striders and diving beetles, remain aquatic throughout life.
The stream's aquatic insects indicate good water quality.
- larvaImmature feeding stage
- gillsAquatic respiratory organs
- nymphNature spirit or larva
- insectsSix-legged arthropods
- emergenceComing into existence
bioindicator · diapause · Hemiptera · pond skater · scavenger · oviposition · predator · pupa · spiracles · metamorphosis · filter feeder · scraper · shredder · instar · stream · trout · hatching · damselfly
- aquatic lifedolphins, whales, dolphin, sharks, sea turtles
- pond lifetadpoles, fish, frog, frogs, algae
- aquatic sciencemarine biology, limnology, ichthyology, oceanography, aquatic ecosystems
- fishing baitworm, worms, nightcrawlers, nightcrawler, live bait
- river ecosystemsfloodplains, tributaries, oxbow lakes, backwaters, riverbanks
- stream lifebrook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, sculpin, darter
aquatic insectsfish
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
freshwater fish · marine fish · aquatic mammals · amphibians · mollusks
aquatic insectsground beetles
Predatory insects in soil
grasshoppers · ants · termites · cockroaches · locusts