Aquatic Insect

Crane Fly

Tipulidae (family)

Horsehair worm

Gordius robustus (and other species in the phylum Nematomorpha)

Red Eft (Juvenile Eastern Newt)

Notophthalmus viridescens

Horsehair Worm (also known as Gordian Worm)

Gordius types (Phylum Nematomorpha)

Horsehair Worm

Gordius robustus

Red Salamander

Pseudotriton ruber

Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

Horsehair worm

Gordius sp. (and other genera in the phylum Gordiacea)

Drain Fly Larva

Psychoda spp. (specifically larvae)

Drain Fly Larva

Psychodidae (family)

Common Shore Fly (Larva/Puparium)

Scatella stagnalis

Horsehair Worm (also known as Gordian Worm)

Nematomorpha (Phylum)

Rove Beetle

Staphylinidae (various genera)

Horsehair Worm

Gordius robustus (representative of the Phylum)

Horse Fly

Tabanus spp. (many species within the genus)

Drain Fly Larva

Psychoda spp.

Drain Fly Larva

Psychodidae

Cricket Frog

Acris gryllus (Southern) or Acris crepitans (Northern)

Moth Fly, Drain Fly, Filter Fly, Sewage Fly

Psychodidae (various genera and species, e.g., Clogmia albipunctata, Psychoda alternata)

Drain Fly Larva

Psychodidae (family level)

Horsehair Worm (also known as Gordian Worm)

Nematomorpha (Phylum)

Horsehair worm

Gordius robustus (and other Chordodes species)

Horsehair worm

Nematomorpha (various species)

Unknown

Unknown

Drain Fly Larva

Psychodidae family

Drain Fly Larva

Psychodidae (family)

Potential Drain Fly Larva

Psychodidae (family)

Scud, Freshwater Shrimp, Gammarid Amphipod

Gammarus spp.

Giant Water Bug

Lethocerus americanus

Crane Fly Larva (Leatherjacket)

Tipulidae family

Crane Fly Larvae (Leatherjackets)

Tipula spp.

Crane Fly

Tipulidae

Fishing Spider or Dolomedes Spider

Dolomedes sp.

Diving Beetle

Dytiscidae (Family)

Crane Fly

Tipulidae

Drain Fly Larva

Psychodidae (family)

Drain Fly Larvae (often confused with Horsehair Worms or tiny millipedes in this context)

Psychodidae (family)

Crane Fly Larva

Tipulidae (larva)

Horsehair Worm (Gordian Worm)

Gordius aquaticus (and other species in the phylum Nematomorpha)

Moth fly larva (Drain fly larva)

Psychodidae (larvae)

Red Eft (Eastern Newt in juvenile terrestrial stage)

Notophthalmus viridescens

Caddisfly larva (case-bearing)

Trichoptera (larvae)