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Common Stone - Acroneuria abnormis
General Description
This species of the family Perlidae is a predaceous stonefly, eating other aquatic insects-especially midges, blackflies and small mayflies. They live on the cobbles and boulders of medium to fast flowing streams. This is our most tolerant species in the family Perlidae able to live in the warmer waters of eastern Montana streams including the Tongue and Powder Rivers and lower Yellowstone.
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 63
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Relative Density
Recency
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Food Habits
Merritt and Cummins (1996) report that members of the families, Perlidae and Perlodidae, are largely predators eating other aquatic invertrebrates, especially Diptera (Chironomidae and Simuliidae, midges and blackflies) and Mayflies.
Stewardship Responsibility
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
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Cummins, K.W. and R.W. Merritt. 1996. Ecology and distribution of aquatic insects. Chapter 6, pages 74-86 in R.W. Merritt and K.W. Cummins (eds.) An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. Third Edition. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa. 862 pp.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Newell, R. L. 1976. Yellowstone River study - final report. MT Dept. Fish and Game and Intake Water Co.
- Peterson, D.A., Clark, M.L., Foster, Katharine, Wright, P.R., and Boughton, G.K., 2010, Assessment of ecological conditions and potential effects of water produced from coalbed natural gas development on biological communities in streams of the Powder River structural basin, Wyoming and Montana, 2005–08: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010–5124, 84 p.
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