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Table 5 Insects removed back home

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

 

First sortinga

Second sortingb

Class

Order

Family

Species

No. of individuals (%)

Wet weight (%)

No. of individuals (%)

Wet weight (%)

Insects

Ephemeroptera

Potamanthidae

 

  

Baetidae

 

  

Ephemerellidae

 

58.18

62.58

16.7

21.62

  

Heptageniidae

 

3.21

5.16

 

Plecoptera

Perlidae

 

  

Taeniopterygidae

 

  

Nemouridae

 

0.29

0.16

  

Capniidae

 

  

Others

 

 

Hemiptera

Aphelocheiridae

 

0.29

0.64

 

Megaloptera

Corydalidae

Protohermes grandis

 

Trichoptera

Hydropsychidae

 

12.57

11.12

58.33

56.7

  

Stenopsychidae

Stenopsyche marmorata

1.46c

4.03

16.7c

18.91

  

Rhyacophilidae

 

0.29

0.16

0.29

0.16

  

Others

 

 

Coleoptera

Elmidae

 

  

Psephenidae

 

19.59

14.83

8.33

2.7

 

Diptera

  

4.08

1.28

    

Total: 342

Total: 6.2 g

Total: 12

Total: 0.37 g

Crustacea

Amphipoda

  

Annelida

Oligochaeta

  

Platyhelminthes

Tubellaria

  

Pisces

  

Rhinogobius flumineus

  1. aSorting from the mesh. After first boiling and rinsing
  2. bSorting from the mesh. After second boiling and rinsing
  3. cTwo instars of stage 5 and three of stage 4