order
                        
                      
                                    Coleoptera
                                       “Adult Beetles”
                                  
                                    Coleoptera
                                       “Larval Beetles”
                                  
                                    Diptera
                                       “True Flies”
                                  
                                    Ephemeroptera
                                       “Mayflies”
                                  
                                    Hemiptera
                                       “True Bugs”
                                  
                                    Lepidoptera
                                       “Aquatic Caterpillars, Snout Moths”
                                  
                                    Megaloptera
                                       “Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies”
                                  
                                    Odonata
                                       “Dragonflies and Damselflies”
                                  
                                    Plecoptera
                                       “Stoneflies”
                                  
                                    Trichoptera
                                       “Caddisflies”
                                 family
                        
                     Chloroperlidae
            
               “Green Stoneflies”
            
      Family Overview
                  
               
                           Chloroperlidae
                               
                              
                        
                            
                              
                        Green Stoneflies
                     
                        The body is small to middle-size (1/4–3/4 inch), slender, and without gills; the labium (lower lip) appears to have only two apical lobes; there is no color pattern on the head or thorax; the wing pads are not divergent, but are parallel with the body; the cerci (long slender filaments at the end of the body) are short, no more than 3/4 as long as the abdomen.
                  
               Characteristics
                  
               POLLUTION TOLERANCE
                        Upper Midwest: up to 1
                                 Southeast: 0 - 1.4
                              0 = least tolerant, 10 = most tolerant
                        FEEDING HABITS
                        
                                 Collector / Gatherer
Engulfer / Predator
Scraper / Grazer
                        
                     Engulfer / Predator
Scraper / Grazer
MOVEMENT
                        
                                 Clinger
                        
                     Diagnostic Characters
               Order
                      
                                       
                                    Two Tails
                                  
                                       
                                    Two Tarsal Claws
                                 Family
                         
                                       
                                    Gills Absent
                                  
                                       
                                    Glossae Shorter Than Paraglossae
                                  
                                       
                                    Hind Legs Reach
                                  
                                       
                                    Short Cerci
                                  
                                       
                                    Thoracic Terga Plain
                                 
                  + Expanded Character List
                  
                     
               
            
                        Order:
                           Wings developing in wing pads. Mouthparts suitable for chewing. Gills digitiform and located near mouthparts, on neck, sides of thorax, or underside of base of abdomen, never on top or sides of abdomen. Two tarsal claws per leg. Only two tails (cerci).
                     
                     
                        Family:
                           The body is small to middle-size (1/4–3/4 inch), slender, and without gills; the labium (lower lip) appears to have only two apical lobes; there is no color pattern on the head or thorax; the wing pads are not divergent, but are parallel with the body; the cerci (long slender filaments at the end of the body) are short, no more than ¾ as long as the abdomen.
                     
                  Dorsal
               Ventral
               



 
                                    