alderflies in English

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a brownish flylike insect that lives near water and has predatory aquatic larvae.
Larvae of alderflies differ from hellgrammites in that they lack the two hooks at the end of the abdomen.

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1. Alderflies synonyms, Alderflies pronunciation, Alderflies translation, English dictionary definition of Alderflies

2. Sialidae (Alderflies), in the order Megaloptera (Alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies)

3. Family - Alderflies - Sialidae

4. Megaloptera: dobsonflies and Alderflies

5. » Order Megaloptera (Hellgrammites, Dobsonflies, and Alderflies) » Family Sialidae (Alderflies) » Genus Sialis

6. See also, Alderflies AND DOBSONFLIES.

7. Alderflies undergo complete metamorphosis

8. What are synonyms for Alderflies?

9. Synonyms for Alderflies in Free Thesaurus

10. What does Alderflies mean? Plural form of alderfly

11. Of Alderflies (2), snake-flies (3) and lacewings (36)

12. Description Adult Alderflies are usually black, dark brown, or gray

13. Alderflies can be fairly light-colored, tan or brownish

14. Originally the Alderflies and Dobsonflies were part of the Order Neuroptera.

15. Dobsonflies, Fishflies and Alderflies are from the all-encompassing order Megaloptera

16. Alderflies require 1 or 2 years to an adult capable of reproduction

17. Alderflies are a diverse group of winged insects that are attracted to freshwater ponds

18. Stoneflies can be distinguished from Alderflies or dobsonflies by cerci extending from their abdomen

19. Fishflies, Dobsonflies, and Alderflies (Megaloptera) Fishflies, Dobsonflies, and Alderflies (Megaloptera) With approximately 50 North American species, this is a small aquatic order in terms of diversity, but most of its members are quite large.

20. Alderflies, Dobsonflies & Fishflies (Order: Megaloptera) A photograph of an adult Alderfly (Family Sialidae)

21. Alderflies and dobsonflies can be recognised by the following features: Long, soft, flexible bodies, usually dark

22. Females of some species of dobsonflies and Alderflies use special chemicals (called ‘pheromones’) to attract mates

23. This is a very small order of Australian insects commonly known as Alderflies and dobsonflies

24. Alderflies are one of two families in the insect order Megaloptera (the name means “large wings”)

25. Alderflies are brownish and rather stout, caddisfly -like insects, and are abundant near water in the early summer

26. The Megaloptera, which include the Alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies, and hellgrammites, are a small order of neuropterous insects with 328 described species

27. A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of the Neuropterida (lace‐wings, Alderflies and snakeflies) and their relationship to the other holometabolous insect orders

28. Early studies on wing venation homologies often assumed Neuropterida (the superorder comprising the orders Raphidioptera, Megaloptera, and Neuroptera: Snakeflies, Alderflies and dobsonflies, and

29. Sites "Alderflies, Fishflies and Dobsonflies (Insecta: Megaloptera) of the Interior Highlands, U.S.A.," Transactions of the American Entomological Society 141(3), 405-429, (29 December 2015).

30. Learn about fishflies and Alderflies (Megaloptera spp.) benthic macroinvertebrates by exploring the life cycle, feeding habitats, interesting facts and their role in the food chain

31. For example, clams cannot survive outside of water, in contrast to some stoneflies or Alderflies that resist desiccation in some seasons of the year by burrowing into the hyporheic zone

32. For example, clams cannot survive outside of water, in contrast to some stoneflies or Alderflies that resist desiccation in some seasons of the year by burrowing into the hyporheic zone

33. The dark brown adult Alderflies, which carry their wings folded in the shape of a tent over their backs, emerge from ponds, rivers and lakes in spring and early summer

34. Like the larvae of fishflies and dobsonflies, Alderflies have 3 pairs of jointed legs in the upper part of the body, with each leg tipped with a tiny, 2-parted pincer; and the mouthparts are large pincers

35. I've had some great days over the years with Alderflies on a few mid-elevation west slope Sierra lakes, the spring fed waters of the Pit River drainage, and a host of small ponds and reservoirs in the foothill country east of Redding

36. Cladistic analysis of the Alderflies of America north of Mexico (Megaloptera: Sialidae) M 1 C H A E L F .W H 1 TIN G Department of Invertebrates, Anier~can Mu~euni of Natural Htstory, New Yorh, and Department of bntonmology, Comstock Hall, Corncll Untver\~ty, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.