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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Stoneflies (Plecoptera) » Winter Stoneflies (Taeniopterygidae)
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Stonefly
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Stonefly
Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 28, 2009
Size: 13 mm
Taeniopteryx?

There were many stoneflies basking on boardwalks near water. This one was somewhat distant from the others.

I keyed one of the other, distant, stoneflies to Taeniopteryx. (The key requires a bottom view.) I didn't post that one because it seemed to be damaged.

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 28 March, 2009 - 2:24pm
Last updated 30 March, 2009 - 7:45pm

Probably Taeniopteryx, but...
Strophopteryx adults look much the same, so I can only be sure about the family from the photo alone. (If it came from a warm-water stream, that might help to rule out Strophopteryx, which usually favors cold water.)
… Lloyd Gonzales, 29 March, 2009 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Environs
This one was basking on a boardwalk in the middle of a small, still pond. Terrain is gentle hills and the Charles River is nearby (but probably out of stonefly flight range).
… John F. Carr, 29 March, 2009 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmmm...
I don't know much about Taeniopteryx occurring in ponds. Unless there are some small, cold streams or springs nearby, I suppose that might rule out Strophopteryx. If you keyed others to Taeniopteryx, that would also seem to make that ID more likely.
… Lloyd Gonzales, 29 March, 2009 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

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