Iowa DNR
BioNet
River & Stream Biological Monitoring
Fish and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Surveys
Physical Habitat Assessments

Bloody Run Creek below Beulah Falls

Invert Sampling Session #10870

Session Data

Sample Date
7/29/2024
Sampling Gear
Qualitative
Lab ID Number
2474129
Sample Quality
Good
Created Date
11/27/2024 6:54:37 AM
Last Update
12/6/2024 2:54:39 PM

Qualitative Benthic Habitat Inventory

Abundance/
Rank
Substrate Presence
Pool/Glide
Presence
Riffle/Run
1 Coarse Rock
2 Bedrock/Large Boulders
3 Filamentous Algae
4 Vascular Aquatic Vegetation
5 Streambank Vegetation
Woody Debris
Fine Sediments
Leaf/Detritus Packs
Roots/Undercut Banks
Comments

No comments recorded.

Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates

  • Total taxa collected 50
  • Total individuals collected 335
Scientific Name Order Family Common Name # Collected
Aeshna umbrosa Odonata Aeshnidae Darner Dragonflies 4
Agabini-Complex Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 9
Aquarius remigis Hemiptera Gerridae Water Striders 1
Argia Odonata Coenagrionidae Narrowwinged Damselflies 2
Baetis brunneicolor Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 61
Baetis flavistriga Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 11
Baetis tricaudatus Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 20
Callibaetis fluctuans Ephemeroptera Baetidae Small Minnow Mayflies 1
Cambaridae Decapoda Cambaridae Crayfishes 5
Ceratopsyche alhedra Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 20
Ceratopsyche bronta Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Ceratopsyche slossonae Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 17
Cheumatopsyche Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 19
Chironomidae Diptera Chironomidae Non-Biting Midges, Midges 4
Chrysops Diptera Tabanidae Horse Flies, Deer Flies 1
Corixidae Hemiptera Corixidae Water Boatmen 2
Cymbiodyta toddi Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1
Empididae Diptera Empididae Dance Flies 1
Erpobdella dubia Arhynchobdellida Erpobdellidae Leeches 1
Erpobdella microstoma Arhynchobdellida Erpobdellidae Leeches 1
Gammarus Amphipoda Gammaridae Scuds and sideswimmers 7
Gerris Hemiptera Gerridae Water Striders 1
Girardia Tricladida Dugesiidae Flatworms 4
Glossiphonia elegans Rhynchobdellida Glossiphoniidae Leeches 1
Hyalella Amphipoda Talitridae Scuds and sideswimmers 12
Hydropsychidae Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Common Netspinner Caddisflies 1
Hydroptila Trichoptera Hydroptilidae Micro Caddisflies 1
Leptophlebiidae Ephemeroptera Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayflies 6
Limnophora Diptera Muscidae Face Flies, Horn Flies, House Flies 2
Lumbricidae Haplotaxida Lumbricidae Aquatic Worms 1
Microvelia Hemiptera Veliidae Broad-Shouldered Water Striders 1
Nematoda Nematodes 1
Neophylax Trichoptera Thremmatidae Little Northeastern Casemakers 4
Neoporus dimidiatus Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 2
Oecetis sordida Trichoptera Leptoceridae Longhorned Case Maker Caddisflies 4
Paracymus subcupreus Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1
Paraleptophlebia praepedita Ephemeroptera Leptophlebiidae Pronggilled Mayflies 5
Physa Basommatophora Physidae Physid Snails 8
Placobdella picta Rhynchobdellida Glossiphoniidae Leeches 1
Platambus semivittatus Coleoptera Dytiscidae Predaceous Diving Beetles 6
Polycentropus Trichoptera Polycentropodidae Trumpetnet and Tubemaking Caddisflies 4
Sialis Megaloptera Sialidae Alderflies 6
Sigara Hemiptera Corixidae Water Boatmen 5
Simulium Diptera Simuliidae Black Flies 24
Stenacron interpunctatum Ephemeroptera Heptageniidae Flatheaded Mayflies 18
Tipula Diptera Tipulidae Crane Flies 4
Trepobates Hemiptera Gerridae Water Striders 1
Tricorythodes Ephemeroptera Leptohyphidae Little Stout Crawler Mayflies 2
Trombidiformes Trombidiformes Water Mites 19
Tropisternus Coleoptera Hydrophilidae Giant Water Scavenger Beetles 1

= Excluded from taxa count metrics

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