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Increased salinity usually spells trouble for freshwater insects like mayflies.

From Science Daily • Oct. 6, 2023

The American Southeast has the greatest aquatic biodiversity of anywhere in the temperate world, with an amazing array of fish, mussels, aquatic snails, crawdads and aquatic insects, like mayflies and dragonflies.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2022

When the sun hit the water and green drake mayflies began dancing on the surface, a fish lower in the pool began feeding on top.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2022

Aquatic insects, such as caddisflies and mayflies, though, are adapted to natural seasonal flooding and lay eggs just below the surface of the water.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2022

These are the larval stages of caddis flies, stoneflies, and mayflies.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson