Sentences with phrase «common aquatic insects»

Mayflies are common aquatic insects that play key roles in stream food webs and other ecological processes.

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Called «underwater architects,» Caddisflies are a common aquatic species of insect that collect natural, substrate materials like sand, gravel, leaves and twigs to build protective shells around their bodies, using silk excreted from salivary glands near their mouths to hold it all together (as seen below, au naturel).