Results of the Post 2021 Method

Stream Information
Site Id LFC-1
Name West Branch of the Cedar River
County Clare
Description Leon P. Martuch Chapter of Trout Unlimited Property
Latitude 44.020799
Longitude -84.383255

Macro Family Entry Information
Date 2023-09-16
Collection Time Start 10:46:00.00
Time starting picking --
Avg Water Depth(ft) 1
Weather conditions from last week 50-60 degrees
Site Condition Issues None
Habitat Riffles presence
Habitat Rocks presence
Habitat Aquatic Plants presence
Habitat Runs presence
Habitat Backwater absence
Habitat Leaf Packs presence
Habitat Pools presence
Habitat Undercut-Vegetation presence
Habitat Wood presence
Time finished picking --
Collection Finish Time 11:12:00.00

ANNELIDA-Segmented Worms
Hirudinea --
Oligochaeta --

COLEOPTERA- Beetles
Curculionidae --
Dryopidae 1
Dytiscidae --
Elmidae 2
Gyrinidae 8
Haliplidae --
Hydrophilidae --
Lampyridae --
Noteridae --
Psephenidae --
Ptilodactylidae --
Scirtidae --
Staphylinidae --

DIPTERA- True Flies
Athericidae 14
Blephariceridae --
Ceratopogonidae --
Chaoboridae --
Chironomidae 1
Culicidae --
Dixidae --
Dolichopodidae --
Empididae --
Ephydridae --
Muscidae --
Psychodidae --
Ptychopteridae --
Sciomyzidae --
Simuliidae 27
Stratiomyidae --
Syrphidae --
Tabanidae --
Tipulidae 2

CRUSTACEA- Crustaceans
Amphipoda 56
Decapoda --
Isopoda 2

EPHEMEROPTERA- Mayflies
Ameletidae --
Ametropodidae --
Arthropleidae --
Baetidae 449
Baetiscidae 2
Caenidae --
Ephemerellidae --
Ephemeridae --
Heptageniidae --
Isonychiidae --
Leptohyphidae --
Leptoplebiidae --
Metretopodidae --
Neoephemeridae --
Polymitarcyidae --
Potamanthidae --
Pseudironidae --
Siphlonuridae --
Tricorythidae --

GASTROPODA- Snails, Limpets
Ancylidae --
Bithyniidae --
Hydrobiidae --
Lymnaeidae 1
Physidae --
Planorbidae --
Pleuroceridae --
Pomatiopsidae --
Valvatidae --
Viviparidae --
Unidentified Snail --

HEMIPTERA- True Bugs
Belostomatidae 4
Corixidae --
Gelastocoridae --
Gerridae 1
Hydrometridae --
Mesoveliidae --
Naucoridae --
Nepidae --
Notonectidae --
Pleidae --
Saldidae --
Veliidae --

LEPIDOPTERA- Moths and Butterflies
Cosmopterigidiae --
Nepticulidae --
Noctuidae --
Pyralidae --
Tortricidae --

MEGALOPTERA
Corydalidae 4
Sialidae --

ODONATA- Damselflies, Dragonflies
Aeshnidae 3
Calopterygidae 9
Coenagrionidae --
Cordulidae --
Cordulegastridae --
Gomphidae 1
Lestidae --
Libellulidae --
Macromiidae --

PELECYPODA-bivalves
Corbiculidae --
Dreissenidae --
Sphaeriidae (aka Pisidiidae) --
Unionidae --

PLECOPTERA- Stoneflies
Capniidae --
Chloroperlidae --
Leuctridae --
Nemouridae --
Perlidae 4
Perlodidae 8
Pteronarcyidae --
Taeniopterygidae --

TRICHOPTERA- Caddisflies
Apataniidae --
Brachycentridae 67
Dipseudopsidae --
Glossosomatidae --
Goeridae --
Helicopsychidae --
Hydropsychidae 44
Hydroptilidae --
Lepidostomatidae 1
Leptoceridae --
Limnephilidae 2
Molannidae --
Odontoceridae --
Philopotamidae --
Phryganeidae 1
Polycentropodidae 3
Psychomyiidae --
Rhyacophilidae --
Sericostomatidae --
Uenoidae --

OTHER GROUPS
Hydracarina 1
Collembola --
Platyhelminthes --

Calculations
Total Abundance 718
Total Diversity 27
Sensitive Diversity --
Water Quality Rating Score 3.96
Water Quality Rating Category Very Good
Abundance of Insects 658
Abundance of EPT 581
Total EPT Diversity 10
Total Sensitive Family Diversity 9