Stonefly Larva

• About 500 species in North America
• Are found in cool, clean streams with high levels of dissolved oxygen
• Develop in the stream for period of three months to three years
• Are either predators or feed on fungi and bacteria from rotting leaves

• Two long antennae
• Two hair-like tails
• Gills often located on or behind each leg
• Six segmented legs on middle section of body
• Each leg has two hooks on the end

• larva (larvae)
• predator
• fungi
• bacteria
• antennae
• segmented
• species