Aquatic Insects
Below is a list of documented aquatic insects in Richard Lake:
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Alderflies
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Amphipods
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Beetles (water scavenger, whirlig)
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Caddisflies
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Case makers (giant, northern, longhorned, saddle)
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Clubtails
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Crawing water beetles
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Damselflies
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Darners
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Deer flies
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Earthworms (aquatic)
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Freshwater clams (fingernail or pea)
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Horseflies
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Leeches
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Mayflies (flathead)
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Midges
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Midges (biting)
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Pronggills
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Skimmers (common, greeneyed, river cruisers)
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Small squaregills
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Snails (left opening, lymnaeid, physid, planorbid, right opening, sunken)
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Turbellarians
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Water boatman
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Water bug (giant)
For more information about macro invertebrates (aquatic insects), please visit the Aquatic Insects Information section of our website.