Aquatic Insect

Giant Water Bug, Toe-Biter, Alligator Tick

Belostomatidae (family)

Inland Floodwater Mosquito Larva

Aedes vexans

Diving Beetle

Cybister fimbriolatus

Mayfly (Adult)

Varies depending on species within Ephemeroptera

Predaceous Diving Beetle

Family Dytiscidae

Hellgrammite (Dobsonfly Larva)

Corydalus cornutus

Water Scorpion

Nepa cinerea (or similar species within Nepidae)

Predaceous Diving Beetle

Dytiscidae family (likely Agabus or Ilybius genus)

Backswimmer

Notonecta species

Dragonfly Nymph (Exuvia)

Infraorder Anisoptera

Fishfly

Chauliodinae (subfamily)

Caddisfly

There are over 14,500 described species within the order Trichoptera. A specific scientific name cannot be assigned with...

Great Diving Beetle (Larva)

Dytiscus marginalis

Predaceous Diving Beetle

Dytiscidae (family)

Water Scorpion

Nepa cinerea (or similar species within Nepidae)

Predaceous Diving Beetle Larva

Dytiscidae (family)

Eastern Dobsonfly (Female)

Corydalus cornutus

Dragonfly Nymph (Larva)

Odonata (suborder Anisoptera) larvae

Dobsonfly (Female)

Corydalus cornutus

Dragonfly Nymph (Naiad)

Anisoptera (Infraorder)

Dobsonfly (Female)

Corydalus cornutus

Stonefly

Plecoptera

Backswimmer

Notonecta species

Caddisfly (Larva and its case)

Trichoptera (larva of various families)

Dobsonfly (Female)

Corydalus cornutus

Dragonfly

Anisoptera

Diving Beetle, Water Beetle

Dytiscidae (family), possibly Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetle family)

Dragonfly Nymph (Naiad)

Infraorder Anisoptera

Common Stonefly

Plecoptera (Order level identification)

Dragonfly Nymph (Naiad)

Anisoptera (suborder)

Dragonfly nymph (larva)

Various species within Odonata (larval stage)

Creeping Water Bug

Pelocoris femoratus

Fishfly

Chauliodinae (subfamily)

Dragonfly

Anisoptera (Infraorder)

Eastern Dobsonfly

Corydalus cornutus

Water Scorpion

Nepa (e.g., Nepa cinerea) or Ranatra (e.g., Ranatra linearis), depending on the specific genus, as both are commonly cal...

Caddisfly (Larva)

Trichoptera (larva), specific genus/species cannot be identified from the image.

Giant Water Bug

Lethocerus americanus (or other species within Belostomatidae)

Eastern Dobsonfly

Corydalus cornutus

Common Green Darner

Anax junius

Stonefly

Plecoptera

Dragonfly (likely a young or small species)

Various species within Anisoptera (e.g., Libellulidae, Aeshnidae, Gomphidae)