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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Alderflies (Sialidae) » Nearctic Alderflies (Sialis)
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Alderfly larva - Sialis
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Alderfly larva - Sialis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 1, 2009
Size: 7mm
Dip netted from a small stream on Maple St.

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Contributed by tom murray on 1 March, 2009 - 7:20pm

Moved
Moved from Mayflies.
… Tim Loh, 1 March, 2009 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

Wrong Order...
This is an alderfly larva (Sialis)- note the long lateral filaments on the abdomen and the single caudal (tail) filament.
… Tim Loh, 1 March, 2009 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Alderfly
And I thought I found a really different Mayfly:-) An Alderfly is great, since it's the first time I've come across it's larval form.
… tom murray, 1 March, 2009 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

 
And it's the 2nd specimen
of a larva in the guide :-)
… Tim Loh, 1 March, 2009 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

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