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Freshwater Invertebrate List
Invertebrates Invertebrate Recording Invertebrate ListFreshwater Snails Mollusca
- Button Ramshorn Anisus leucostoma
- Nautilus Ramshorn Armiger crista
- Bithynia tentaculata
- Erpobdalla octoculata
- White Ramshorn Gyraulus albus
- Helobdella stagnalis
- Marsh snail Lymnaea palustris
- Great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis
- Physa heterostropha
- Pea mussel Pisidium spp.
- Piscola geometra
- Keeled Ramshorn Planorbis carinatus
- Ramshorn Planorbis planorbis
- Jenkins’ spire snail Potamopyrgus jenkinsi
- Orb mussel Sphaerium spp.
- Succinea putris
- Thermyzon tessulatum
Water Spiders & Mites Chelicerata
- Water mites Hydracarina
Dragonflies & Damselflies Odonata
- Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
- Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
- Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea
- Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
- Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
- Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
- Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
- Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas
- Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
- Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens (River Blackwater)
- Emerald Damelfly Lestes sponsa 2000 only
Crustacea
- Water hog louse Asellus aquaticus
- Crangonyx pseudogracilis
- Water flea Daphnia spp
- Freshwater shrimp Gammarus pulex
Leeches Hirudinea
- Glossiphonia spp
True Flies Diptera
- Anopheline mosquito Anopheles spp.
- Bloodworm Chironomus spp.
- Simulidae spp.
- Crain fly Tipulidae spp.
Caddis Flies Trichoptera
- Anabolia nervosa
- Halesus radiatus
- Caseless caddis Hydropsyche angustipennis
- Limnephilus lunatus
- Flat cased caddis Molanna spp.
- Sand–grained cased caddis Sericostoma spp.
- Triaenodes bicolor
Mayflies ephemeroptera
- Broadwing Caenis spp.
- Caenis horaria
- Pale evening Dun Procloeon bifidum
- Pond olive Cloeon dipterum
- Cloeon simile
Alderflies Megaloptera
- Alderfly Sialis lutaria
Water Bugs Hemiptera
- Aquarius paludum
- Aquarius najas
- Water boatman Corixa dentipes
- Water boatman Corixa panzeri
- Pondskater Gerris spp.
- Common pondskater Gerris lacustris
- Toothed pondskater Gerris odontogaster
- Pondskater Gerris thoracicus
- Water measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
- Micronecta scholtzi
- Lesser water-cricket Microvelia pygmaea
- Lesser water-cricket Microvelia reticulata
- Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea
- Common water boatman Notonecta glauca
- Backswimmer Notonecta marmorea
- Backswimmer Notonecta maculate
- Water boatman Notonectid spp
- Saucer bug Ilyocoris cimicoides
- Plea minutissima
- Water stick insect Ranatra liearis
- Common shorebug Saldula saltatoria
- Water boatman Sigara distincta
- Water boatman Sigara dorsalis
- Water boatman Sigara falleni
- Water boatman Sigara fossarum
- Water boatman Sigara lateralis
- Water boatman Sigara nigrolineata
- Water cricket Velia caprai
Beetles Coleoptera
- Diving beetle Acilius sulcatus
- Diving beetle Agabus bipustulatus
- Diving beetle Agabus sturmii
- Scavenger water beetle Anacaena bipustulata
- Scavenger water beetle Anacaena globules
- Scavenger water beetle Anacaena limbata
- Scavenger water beetle Anacaena lutescens
- Water ladybird Anisosticta 19-punctata
- Scavenger water beetle Cercyon convexiusculus
- Scavenger water beetle Cercyon ustulatus
- Scavenger water beetle Coelostoma orbiculare
- Diving beetle Colymbetes spp
- Donacia marginata
- Donacia simplex
- Donacia vulgaris
- Long-toed water beetle Dryops luridus
- Great diving beetle Dytiscus marginalis
- Scavenger water beetle Enochrus testaceus
- Whirligig beetle Gyrinus spp.
- Crawling water beetle Haliplus confines
- Crawling water beetle Haliplus flavicollis
- Crawling water beetle Haliplus fluviatilis
- Crawling water beetle Haliplus fulvus
- Crawling water beetle Haliplus immaculatus
- Crawling water beetle Haliplus lineolatus
- Haliplus ruficollis
- Scavenger water beetle Helochares lividus
- Scavenger water beetle Helochares punctatus
- Scavenger water beetle Helophorus brevipalpis
- Scavenger water beetle Hydrochus angustatus
- Scavenger water beetle Hydrochus fiscipes
- Diving beetle Hydroporus incognitus
- Diving beetle Hydroporus memnonius
- Diving beetle Hydroporus neglectus
- Diving beetle Hydroporus palustris
- Screech beetle Hygrobia hermanni
- Diving beetle Hyphydrus ovatus
- Whirligig beetle Gyrinus marinus
- Diving beetle Ilybius fenestratus
- Scavenger water beetle Laccobius bipunctatus
- Scavenger water beetle Laccobius minutus
- Diving beetle Laccophilus hyalinus
- Diving beetle Laccophilus minutus
- Nebrioporus depressus elegans
- Water beetle Noterus clavicornis
- Diving Beetle Rhantus exsoletus
Note that some further specimens have not been assigned to a specific species, and are not included in these lists.