Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong

Copera marginipes (Yellow featherlegs)

Habitat: larvae associated with leaf litter in slow flowing ponds and streams at lowland

General appearance: body large sized, probably up to 30mm long, dark oliver brown, but legs pale with a dark band near base of fore femora and tip of tarsi; pale stripe running on midline of abdomen; pair of black spots on terga VIII and IX; three caudal gills - proximal portion narrower with spines along margin and distal portion wider, darker with flame-like projections

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Abdomen in lateral view

Size comparison of different larval stage

Size comparison