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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Insects - Insecta
      - Order - Stoneflies - Plecoptera
        
        Family - Perlodid Stoneflies - Perlodidae
        
        Species - Smooth Springfly - Kogotus nonus

Smooth Springfly - Kogotus nonus

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Native Species

Global Rank: G4
State Rank: SNR

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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.

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References

Literature Cited AboveLegend: View Online Publication
- 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.
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- Gangemi, John Thomas. 1991. Comparative effects of wildfire and timber harvest on periphyton and zoobenthos in two northern Rocky Mountain streams. M.S. Thesis. University of Montana. Missoula, MT.
- Gustafson, D. L. 1990. Ecology of aquatic insects in the Gallatin River drainage. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 194 p.
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Citation for data on this website:
Smooth Springfly — Kogotus nonus. MONTANA FIELD GUIDE™. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on August 22, 2026, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IIPLE2F020