Green River Creepy Crawlers and A few Others (Plants?)

[minnbuckeye]

Before I post a trip report, I was hoping to get a few IDs that are giving me some trouble. First up are possible insects.

 

1. Crane Fly??

  

 

2. positive and negative. Bee??

 

 

3. Has the termite feel!!

 

4. Another Crane Fly

 

Now what appear to me to be plant oriented material.

 

5. I am torn between three leaf clover (but how would that end up in a lake), or a flower, or a seed pod cluster.

 

6. Total unknown

 

7. Finally this confusing specimen. Great symmetry so must be something!

 

[piranha]

Image 7 compares well with a coniferous leafy shoot.

 

[jpc]

The bee? Is a beetle based on the convex wing covers.

[minnbuckeye]

I was expecting more responses from forum members. I should have started by saying "ARE THESE INSECTS"? Maybe members are afraid to disappoint me. Does anyone know an insect expert on the forum that I could alert to my post?

Edited September 2, 2022 by minnbuckeye

[debivort]

My expertise only extends to extant insects, but the first 5 images indeed look like insects to me. My best guesses:

1) Crane fly

2) beetle

3) I would guess rove beetle or dermapteran ahead of termite

4) maybe crane fly - more pixels would help.

 

Hope someone with formation expertise weighs in.

 

[minnbuckeye]

@debivort  Thanks for the opinions! @piranha had sent me this pdf to digest. Interesting indeed but it was too voluminous for me to make headwind on identifications! I prefer picture books the size of Dr Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham.  LOL

Edited September 2, 2022 by minnbuckeye

[minnbuckeye]

@debivort,Forgot to show the pdf. Sorry!

 

 

Scudder, S.H. 1890
The Tertiary Insects of North America.
United States Geological Survey of the Territories Report, 13:1-734  PDF LINK