Abstract
The number of different kinds of insects in the world far outnumbers all the other species of animals and plants put together. Of this huge class of animals quite a few spend part of their lives in fresh water, while a much smaller number are aquatic all their lives. Many of the insect inhabitants of ponds and streams are very common, and are likely to be among the first living things to be observed by anyone beginning to study natural history. Many of them are large enough when adult to be studied without the aid of a microscope, though a hand lens will be useful even for them, in making out the details of their structure.
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Mellanby, H. (1963). The Arthropoda: Insects. In: Animal Life in Fresh Water. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5849-4_9
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