Stoneflies Jeopardy

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Stoneflies Jeopardy
Biological Information Life Cycle
Habitat 100 One Characteristic of an Immature 100
Food 200 Quickly Draw a Picture of a Mature 200
Importance 300 Describe a Mature 300
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Habitat

• Live beneath stones in fast-moving, well-aerated
  water.

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Food

• Most species feed on algae and other submerged
  vegetation.

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Importance

• Used by ecologists as indicators of water purity
  because they are extremely sensitive to water
  pollution.  
• Stoneflies are an important source of food for
  game fish (i.e. trout and bass) in cold mountain
  streams.

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Characteristics of Immature

• Antennae long
• Body flattened and legs widely separated
• Gills present as tufts behind the head, at base
  of legs, or around the anus
• Each segment of thorax is covered by a large
  scale
• Multi-segmented

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Picture of Mature
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Characteristics of Mature

• Antennae long
• Front wings long and narrow
• Hind wings shorter than front wings
• Base area of hind wing enlarged and pleated
• Multi-segmented