Electronic field guide to AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES of SMALL STREAMS in Eastern Massachusetts

Abdomen ending with a long telescoping breathing tube; head capsule small but fully exposed.PTYCHOPTERIDAE (Phantom Craneflies)

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Ptychoptera

Abdomen ringed with "creeping welts", and tipped with a short breathing tube.TABANIDAE (Deerflies)

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Chrysops

Abdomen with several pairs of prolegs on underside, each tipped with tiny hooks (crochets); head capsule small but fully exposed, not retractable; abdomen with one to four anal lobes, all tipped with hairs

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EMPIDIDAE (Danceflies)
Abdomen tipped with fleshy anal lobes and/or gills; head capsule fully retractable, often hidden in folds of skin or partly exposed; some with abdominal prolegs or "creeping welts", some without

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