Bug FAQYellow Stone
Eccoptura xanthenes · Order: Plecoptera · Family: Perlidae
No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
The yellow stone is a bug known by that common name. It occurs in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It is called the yellow stone.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It lives in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is native to North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 19 of 51 states and DC. Most records: North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Virginia.
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Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Months it is reported in the US
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Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Perlidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccoptura
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.