I'm a young stonefly. You can tell I'm a stonefly by my two tails, and if you
look carefully you might see a tuft of gills between my tails. Those gills help
me to breathe under the water. I'm prettier than my cousin Zelandobius because
I've got a neat pattern of pale markings on my body and legs. Like other
stone flies I can run around out of the water, which is a trick that most stream
insects can't do.
You might see me running around the beaches of lakes, but my favourite home
is stony streams where I can climb out of the water to go exploring. I can't
live in streams that are too muddy, especially the ones that get really warm in
the sun. I also can't live in streams that have been turned into concrete drains
because there's nowhere for me to shelter from the fast water current every time
it rains.
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