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Crucially, the data show that families that are particularly sensitive to river pollution, like mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies, are recovering most strongly of all.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
With that insight, she got permission from King County to seed four creeks with caddisflies, mayflies, stoneflies and other species.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2022
He collected additional stoneflies and reared the nymphs to adults, so Mr. Mauvisseau could isolate and sequence the DNA sequence of one of the specimens.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2020
The old channels were covered with gravel — an important habitat for the stoneflies and other insects that feed the fish.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2016
There would be no large stoneflies, no mayflies, no caddis flies.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
