Aquatic Invertebrate species at Minet

The following species of aquatic invertebrates have been recorded at Minet.

Water beetles

Scavenger water beetles : Hydrophilidae

• Anacaena limbata
• Anacaena lutescens
• Berosus signaticollis
• Cercyon tristis
• Hydrobius fuscipes
• Helochares lividus

Scavenger water beetles : Helophoridae

• Helophorus aequalis
• Helophorus brevipalpis
• Helophorus flavipes
• Helophorus longitarsis
• Helophorus minutus

Small water beetles: Hydraenidae

• Ochthebius minimus

Water beetles (diving beetles): Dytiscidae

• Colymbetes fuscus
• Hydroglyphus geminus
• Hydroporus planus
• Hygrotus confluens
• Hygrotus impressopunctatus
• Hygrotus inaequalis
• Laccophilus minutus

Mayflies

• Pond Olive Cloeon dipterum

Waterbugs

Water striders: Gerridae

• A pond skater (water strider) Gerris odontogaster
• A pond skater Gerris thoracicus

Backswimmers: Notonectidae

• A greater water boatman Notonecta glauca
• A greater water boatman Notonecta marmorea

Waterboatman: Corixidae

• A lesser water boatman Cymatia coleoptrata
• A lesser water boatman Sigara distincta

Pygmy backswimmers: Pleidae

• Lesser Backswimmer Plea leachi

Caddisflies

• Limnephilus affinis/incisus
• Limnephilus auricula
• Limnephilus flavicornis
• Limnephilus stigma
• Limnephilus vittatus
• Cinnamon Sedge Limnephilus lunatus

Snails

• Wandering Snail Lymnaea peregra/Radix peregra
• A snail Physa acuta

Leeches

• Horse Leech Haemopis sanguisuga
• Duck leech Theromyzon tessulatum

Amphibians and Reptiles

Birds

Butterflies

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Grasshoppers and allies

Mammals

Moths

Plants

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