Species: Isocapnia grandis
Giant Snowfly
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Capniidae
Genus
Isocapnia
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Stoneflies
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Plecoptera - Capniidae - Isocapnia
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Reproduction Comments
Adults emerge from March to June (Gaufin et al., 1972).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-08-24
Global Status Last Changed
2009-08-24
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Zenger and Baumann (2004) and Steward and Oswood (2006) cite occurrences from Canada in Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon; and the United States in Alaska, California, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)