AQUATIC INSECTS

Last updated: 4 March 2007

Sketch to right is dorsal view of larval head capsule of Caddisfly (Trichoptera) Nectopsyche candida collected from Arkansas River, Sedgwick County, Kansas, May 1978.

KANSAS DATA

• References on Kansas and vicinity Aquatic Insects Updated 7 March 2003 (Note that this list does not include references about Odonata, which are in separate bibiographies)
• A Kansas Endangered Aquatic Insect: The Scott Riffle Beetle (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Optioservus phaeus White, 1978)
• Why we study them - by Calvin & Hobbs

AQUATIC INSECT SPECIALISTS IN KANSAS INCLUDE:

• Dr. Richard Packauskas - Dept. of Biological Sciences, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park Street, Hays, KS 67601
• Dr. Don Distler - Dept. of Biological Sciences, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67208 Phone: (316)689-3113

LINKS TO OTHER SITES OF INTEREST TO AQUATIC ENTOMOLOGISTS

• North American Benthological Society Home Page
• Dr. John J. Morse's Trichoptera (Caddisflies) of the World
• Bill Stark's Plecoptera (Stonefly) Page
• Water Beetle World by Sharon Jasper of The University of Texas
• The Chironomid Home Page
• Ephemeroptera Galactica at Florida A&M University
• Web-accessible Mayfly publications
• Saskatchewan Aquatic Insects Page  
• Aquatic insects and mites of South Africa  

Right - Scanned image of live female Corydalus cornutus.  This dobsonfly was found on a paved path along the Arkansas River (Sim Park) in Wichita (Sedgwick County) Kansas, on the morning of 8 July, 2002.  It appeared that the insect had likely recently emerged.  It was placed in a screened cage until it hardened, then it was scanned on a flat bed scanner.