Aquatic Insects

The following is a list of aquatic insects in Ramsey Lake:

  • Amphipods
  • Alderflies
  • Beetles (predaceous diving, whirlig)
  • Burrowers (common)
  • Caddisflies (micro, trumpetnet, tubemaking, scalemouth)
  • Case Makers (giant, hood, longhorned, northern)
  • Clubtails
  • Craneflies
  • Crawling Water Beetles
  • Damselflies (narrowwinged, spreadwinged)
  • Darners
  • Fingernail or pea clams (freshwater)
  • Flathead Mayflies
  • Freeliving
  • Houseflies
  • Midges
  • Midges (biting)
  • Skimmers (common, greeneyed)
  • Snails (left opening, physid, planorbid, sunken, valve)
  • Squaregills (small)
  • Threadtail
  • Water boatman

For more information about macro invertebrates (aquatic insects), please visit the Aquatic Insects Information section of our website.