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Table 3 Insects escaping from the four-hand neta

From: Processing insect abundance: trading and fishing of zazamushi in Central Japan (Nagano Prefecture, Honshū Island)

Class

Order

Family

Species

No. of individuals (%)

Wet weight (%)

Insects

Ephemeroptera

Potamanthidae

 

  

Baetidae

 

0.4

0.05

  

Ephemerellidae

 

12.5

27.2

  

Heptageniidae

 

4.8

6.8

 

Plecoptera

Perlidae

 

0.04

0.5

  

Taeniopterygidae

 

  

Nemouridae

 

0.1

0

  

Capniidae

 

0.1

0.05

  

Others

 

0.3

0.05

 

Hemiptera

Aphelocheiridae

 

 

Megaloptera

Corydalidae

Protohermes grandis

 

Trichoptera

Hydropsychidae

 

7.1

13.2

  

Stenopsychidae

Stenopsyche marmorata

0.2b

6

  

Rhyacophilidae

 

1.4

1.8

  

Others

 

0.04

0.05

 

Coleoptera

Elmidae

 

0.04

0

  

Psephenidae

 

3.7

11.1

 

Diptera

  

69.5 (Est.)

33 (Est.)

    

Total: 2269

Total: 18.7 g

Crustacea

Amphipoda

  

Annelida

Oligochaeta

  

Platyhelminthes

Tubellaria

  

Pisces

  

Rhinogobius flumineus

  1. aThe fishing session lasted 9 min in total. The fisherman prospected the riverbed one meter and half away from the four-hand net. Insects were caught behind the four-hand net with a seine net (size: 400 cm (long), 70 cm (high), 1 mm (mesh size). Insects escaped from both sizes on 20 cm
  2. bAll instars are of stage 5