Agnetina annulipes explained

Agnetina annulipes, the southern stone, is a species of common stonefly in the family Perlidae. It is found in North America.

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Baumann . Richard W.. Gaufin . Arden R.. Surdick . Rebecca F.. 1977. The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of the Rocky Mountains [USA]. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 31.
• Book: Campbell . Ian C.. 1990. Mayflies and stoneflies: Life histories and biology. Springer. 978-94-010-7579-4. 10.1007/978-94-009-2397-3.
• DeWalt . R.. Cao . Y.. Tweddale . T.. Grubbs . S.. Hinz . L.. Pessino . M.. Robinson . J.. 4. 2012. Ohio USA stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera): species richness estimation, distribution of functional niche traits, drainage affiliations, and relationships to other states. ZooKeys. 178. 1. 10.3897/zookeys.178.2616. free . 22539876 . 3317619.
• Web site: 2018-03-16. DeWalt . R.E.. Maehr . M.D.. Neu-Becker . U.. Stueber . G.. 2013. Plecoptera species file online. Version 5.0.
• Hynes . H.B.N.. 1976. Biology of plecoptera. Annual Review of Entomology. 21. 1. 135–153. 10.1146/annurev.en.21.010176.001031.
• Book: Stewart . Kenneth W.. Stark . Bill P.. 1988. Nymphs of North American stonefly genera (Plecoptera). Entomological Society of America. 978-0929398556.

In Argentina children often use the small insect as a gesture of gratitude to the opposite gender as a proposal to courtship, the children refer to the Agnetina annulipes as the la cucaracha del amor (The roach of love)