“Green Stoneflies”
Family Overview
Chloroperlidae
Green Stoneflies
The body is small to middle-size (1/4–3/4 inch), slender, and without gills; the labium (lower lip) appears to have only two apical lobes; there is no color pattern on the head or thorax; the wing pads are not divergent, but are parallel with the body; the cerci (long slender filaments at the end of the body) are short, no more than 3/4 as long as the abdomen.
Characteristics
POLLUTION TOLERANCE
Upper Midwest: up to 1
Southeast: 0 - 1.4
0 = least tolerant, 10 = most tolerant
FEEDING HABITS
Collector / Gatherer
Engulfer / Predator
Scraper / Grazer
Engulfer / Predator
Scraper / Grazer
MOVEMENT
Clinger
Diagnostic Characters
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