Common Names of Trout Stream Caddisflies

Common names are much more confusing than Latin names, because there are usually many names for each bug and many bugs for each name. People like them anyway. Most of these names are better for talking about body colors (like Sulphur) or fly patterns (like Adams) than for discussing actual insect species.

American GrannomApple CaddisAutumn Mottled SedgeBlack DancerBlack Wing Long-Horned SedgeBrown and Green CaddisBrown Checkered Summer SedgeBrown Dot SedgeCaddisflyChocolate and Cream SedgeCinnamon SedgeCream and Brown MicrocaddisCream and Brown Mottled MicrocaddisDark Blue SedgeDark Eastern Woodland SedgeDark GrannomDark ShadflyDinky Light Summer SedgeDinky Purple Breasted SedgeDot Wing Winter SedgeEarly Smoky Wing SedgeEarly Western Mottled SedgeEastern Box Wing SedgeFall CaddisGiant Cream Pattern-Wing SedgeGiant Orange SedgeGiant Rusty SedgeGlossy Wing SedgeGrannomGray Checkered Sedge

Great Autumn Brown SedgeGreat Gray Spotted SedgeGreat Late-Summer SedgeGreen RockwormGreen SedgeLarge Rush SedgeLight GrannomLight ShadflyLittle Autumn SedgeLittle Autumn Stream SedgeLittle Black CaddisLittle Black SedgeLittle Black Short-Horned SedgeLittle Brown SedgeLittle Brown-Green SedgeLittle GrannomLittle Gray SedgeLittle Olive SedgeLittle Plain Brown SedgeLittle Red Twilight SedgeLittle Sister SedgeLittle Western Dark SedgeLittle Western Weedy-Water SedgeLong Horn SedgeMedium Evening SedgeMedium GrannomMicrocaddisMother's Day CaddisNorthern CaddisflyOctober Caddis

Pale Western Stream SedgePenn's Creek CaddisflyPlain Brown Scaly-Wing SedgePlain Red-Brown Long-Horned SedgePseudo-MicrocaddisRing Horn MicrocaddisRush SedgeSalt and Pepper MicrocaddisScaly-Wing SedgeShad FlySilver Striped SedgeSlap-in-the-Face CaddisSmall Dot-Wing SedgeSnow SedgeSpeckled PeterSpotted SedgeStriped GrannomSummer Flier SedgeTan Spotted-Wing Long-Horned SedgeTiny Black CaddisTiny Black Gold Speckled-Winged CaddisTraveller SedgeVaricolored MicrocaddisWhite MillerWindow Wing SedgeYellow SedgeZebra Caddis

This list (like the rest of the site) focuses on American insects, so species from Britain, New Zealand, and elsewhere aren't included.

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