Training Resources

Below are downloadable resources to use in conjunction with the macroinvertebrates.org online collection. ​ 

​​Atlas of Common Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Eastern North America by Macroinvertebrates.org is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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Identification Key

A printable dichotomous key for order level identification.

Poster

Printable poster with all 150 specimens in the macroinvertebrates.org collection. 

To download a high resolution poster (82.4 MB), click here.

Order Sheets

Printable order info sheets for Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera (EPT). 

Training Deck Templates

*Coming soon*  Volunteer training deck (full 12 orders) and a Macros 101 deck.

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Order Illustrations

Illustrations of 13 orders of benthic aquatic macroinvertebrates. 
Illustration Credit: Morgan Summerlin 

Amphipoda

Diptera

Elmidae Adult

Elmidae Larvae

Ephemeroptera

Hemiptera

Isopoda

Lepidoptera

Megaloptera

Odonata

Plecoptera

Tricoptera

Veneroida

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Macroinvertebrate Image Gallery

Selected images for download from the collection, representing common orders used in training

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ID Practice Game *Coming Soon*  ​

A practice game for identifying macroinvertebrates. Click on the image below to interact with the prototype.

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Atlas of Common Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Eastern North America by Macroinvertebrates.org is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://macroinvertebrates.org/about.