Where does giant salmonfly usually live？
They live in a lotic-erosional habitat. Larvae of giant stoneflies live in cool streams of small to medium size, in leaf and woody debris packs. They prefer swift riffles between cobbles and boulders. Although the Pteronarcyidae are primarily shredders-detritivores, some facultative scrapers occur. They chew and mine through leaf litter. They are intolerant to loss of coarse particulate organic matter that is their food and habitat.
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Species of Giant stoneflies and salmonflies
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods
Class
Bugs
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Giant stoneflies
Species
Giant salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica)
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