Aquatic insects

About this Group

Aquatic insects Marine biology

The Aquatic Insect Special Interest Group provides a forum for the discussion and dissemination of results from studies of aquatic insects.  The group was launched in 2002 and the most recent meeting focussed on the impacts of climate change in aquatic insects.  If you would like to suggest a topic for a future meeting or would like to present a talk or poster at a meeting, please contact the convenor.

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Convenors

• Arron Watson

  Environment Agency

  arron.watson@environment-agency.gov.uk

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Activities

• 2023 Aquatic Insects Special Interest Group (SIG)

  25 September 2023

  Our Aquatic Insects SIG held an in-person event at the World Museum Liverpool in collaboration with the Tanypetera Trust. This two day event included a mix of talks, tours of the museum collection, using microscopes, and a practical workshop.

  Read more about the event.

• 2022 Meeting

  The 2022 meeting included a Day 2 Workshop on the Extraction, Visualisation and Analysis of Aquatic Insect Data.

  Bill Brierley	Richard Chadd – an appreciation
  Genevieve Tompkins	Rare invertebrates in the Cairngorms: delving into stoneflies
  Craig Macadam	Siphlonurus species in the UK
  Ian Wallace	Improving the identification of Lype caddis larvae – where a team approach might help
  Steve French	Moth trap intruders (unexpected visitors to light)
  Sophie Ratcliffe	Widening the Network – a new collaboration for recording
  Natali Nikolova	Matchmaking in stoneflies – Perlodes mortoni mating calls
  Jennifer Dodd	Does River Channel Re-Configuration Change Macroinvertebrate Communities?
  Ian Wallace/Craig Macadam	Updates from the Recording Schemes

• 2019 Meeting

  • 2019 timetable

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