Early Smoky Wing Sedges
This common name refers to only one family.
Caddisfly Family Apataniidae
These are often called Early Smoky Wing Sedges.
This family contains one sometimes important genus, Apatania. Until recently it was classified in the Limnephilidae family.
Apatania (Early Smoky Wing Sedges) Caddisfly Adult
View 7 PicturesThis one actually had a medium tan body when it emerged. By the time I took the picture it was dark as night. I was actually looking through my box of specimens trying to figure out where that tan one I caught disappeared to. Then I realized this is it.
View 7 PicturesThis one actually had a medium tan body when it emerged. By the time I took the picture it was dark as night. I was actually looking through my box of specimens trying to figure out where that tan one I caught disappeared to. Then I realized this is it.Region: Catskills
Collected May 15, 2007
Added May 18, 2007
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