Sentence examples for stoneflies from inspiring English sources

Stoneflies, along with mayflies and caddisflies, are important biotic indicators of water quality.

In contrast to nymphs that develop on land, the aquatic young of dragonflies, stoneflies, and mayflies are sometimes called naiads.

The Orthoptera (grasshoppers) and the Plecoptera (stoneflies) have been found as fossils even in late Carboniferous times.

My fuzzy definition of fish food — "bugs" — sharpened into blue-winged olives and golden stoneflies.

It's no wonder: whereas for example there are around 280 species in the mammal order Carnivora (cats, dogs, bears etc)., an insect order such as Plecoptera (stoneflies) is described by entomologists as being "small" despite consisting of 3,500 species.

In Chile, the top consumers on the ice fields are stoneflies; in the Himalayas, they're wingless midges.

The results accorded with an earlier report produced by the University of Western Sydney and Macquarie University, which found a 90% drop in the abundance of macroinvertebrates, including the water bugs stonefly, mayfly and caddisfly.

The stonefly ranges in size from 6 to more than 60 mm (0.25 to 2.5 inches).

The life history of the stonefly is not well known.

Even though its wings are well developed, the stonefly is a poor flier.

The stonefly nymph resembles the adult but lacks wings and may have external gills on various parts of its body.