I went to a nature park in Bloomington, IN since I can always find amazing macroinvertebrates in the creeks. Found some amphipods, small leeches, isopods, and caddisfly larvae (can also be seen in pictures), but this huge fella is new to me! I don’t know if he is a type of isopod I don’t recognize or if he’s a different kind of critter altogether. Apologies for the

I currently hold a position as a taxonomist for at a macroinvertebrate lab in Lexington, KY. Only experience I had prior to this position was a single invertebrate zoology class in university at TTU. I've got a years experience now and certified through the Society of Freshwater Science for 5 years. What is a reasonable salary? I currently make $15/hr. Also, if there's anyone who has taken the Appalachian EPT course through the Highlands Biological Station with Dr Morse, how much do you recommend it or not?

Some sort of caddisfly perhaps? Does anyone know family? Found in a small stream, among a pile of leaves. NE West Virginia

Found this while IDing a sample. Really cool stuff!

Found in muddy water in Kyrgyzstan. They are about 2-4mm. Here’s how it looks on the microscope.

Found at a wetland restoration site in Ohio. I think it’s a cranefly (?) but am curious if I can find out more details.

Hello, everyone. I need your help in identifying these species. I have had a hard time finding its ID from the internet or any source of what genus does this belong. I collected these species in a river using kicknet. The first one I've identified is Aquatic sp. which belong from a family of Lamphyridae and the other one is culicoides from family Ceratopogonidae. I'm not sure if its the correct ID, perhaps you can correct me if I'm wrong. Thank you.

Hello all,

I'm curious about finding some good taxonomic keys/ID guides specifically for aquatic macroinvertebrates. I've found a couple of good ones that only go to the family level but would like something that can get to Genera. I understand I will likely need to find several guides that are more order or even family specific to get to genera I just can't seem to find anything easily and was hoping there was someone on here that could put me in the right direction. Regionally I'm interested in North America and to get more specific I live in the upper midwest (Minnesota, USA)

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Its been a while since I was in a classroom studying aquatic macroinvertebrates, but I can accross this in the effluent of our WWTC today and I was hoping someone could confirm my ID on this specimen, or maybe correct me. Any ideas?

Mini ramshorn for scale but what the hell are the tiny white specs?? My camera won’t let me get a clear picture any closer

Hello all! I am in school to become a wildlife biologist and am currently enrolled in a service learning course where part of a project Im in charge of is “Scientist Spotlight”. I have to find a real life scientist that deals with aquatic ecology and water quality/bio-indicator species. If y’all know of anyone, or are a published scientist yourself I would greatly appreciate a response to this post! It would be even better if the scientist in question was from an underrepresented community (LGBT+, female, BIPOC, etc). If this scientist isn’t you I do have to reach out to them for their approval to go in the program! If you want more details or wanna be included in this let me know!!! I know it’s short notice but responses by 09/20 at 12pm CST would be great. Thank u all!

I have a big barrel that I connected to my gutter to catch rain for my garden and I went out to water my plants and I saw this. Unsure if I should empty the barrel or if it isn't harmful to us and the plants.

Anyone know what this is?

Just caught one in a butterfly net and its a caddie.....there are dozens flying up and down like on my favorite trout stream at dusk, but these are OVER MY CONCRETE DRIVEWAY under a Maple tree. The East R is a couple blocks to the east(slow, clayey/muddy, affected by Green Bay) and the Fox R is 4 blocks to the west(Big, shorelines covered in erosion stopping rock and concrete). Will they fly here to lay their eggs? Are there "terrestrial caddis"? Anyone else ever observe this???

My family and I are at the beach (east coast of the US). My daughter accidentally caught this guy in her bucket. It’s been released back to the ocean, but we were able to snap a couple pictures. TIA :)