Stonefly Family Chloroperlidae (Little Yellows and Little Greens)

Mayflies

Caddisflies

Stoneflies

Taxonomic Navigation -?-

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)

» Family Chloroperlidae (Little Yellows and Little Greens)

Genus in Chloroperlidae
AlloperlaSallflies	3	8
KathroperlaSallflies	2	2
ParaperlaSallflies	2	1
SuwalliaSallflies	2	11
SweltsaSallflies	7	21

8 genera aren't included.

Common Names

Match	Common Name
	Little Yellows and Little Greens
	Sallflies

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These stoneflies, the "little yellows" and "little greens," are quite common. The yellow and green ones are spread out in a mix between the different genera.

Hatching Behavior

Time Of Day (?): Morning

Egg-Laying Behavior

Time Of Day: Afternoon and evening

Pictures of 18 Stonefly Specimens in the Family Chloroperlidae:

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Sweltsa onkos (Sallfly) Stonefly Adult

View 8 PicturesI'm just guessing this is Chloroperlidae, since it's little and yellow. If anyone has a less haphazard identification, feel free to post it.

Collected May 15, 2007 from Mystery Creek #62 in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 18, 2007

Alloperla (Sallflies) Stonefly Adult

View 6 PicturesThis specimen was completely green when I collected it from among many others gathered on a midstream rock along with their nymphal shucks (

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Here's an underwater view of the pupal shucks of several already-emerged Brachycentrus numerosus caddisflies.

Shuck: The shed exoskeleton left over when an insect molts into its next stage or instar. Most often it describes the last nymphal or pupal skin exited during emergence into a winged adult.) early in the morning. There was also a yellow one with them, which I assumed was a different species. Now that I've seen how this one started changing from green to yellow, I have to wonder if they weren't the same species and the yellow one was just older.

Collected May 29, 2007 from Brodhead Creek in Pennsylvania
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 4, 2007

Sweltsa (Sallflies) Stonefly Nymph