Insect Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
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Common Name
| Match | Common Name |
 | Caddisflies |
Fly Imitations by Orvis
| Stage | Fly Pattern |
| Larva | Case Caddis |
| Larva | Czech Mate |
| Emerger | SparkleWing Caddis Emerger |
| Pupa | LaFontaine Sparkle Pupa |
| Adult | Elk Wing Caddis |
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66 Caddisfly Specimens:
Brachycentrus appalachia (Apple Caddis) Caddisfly Adult
View 5 Pictures
View 5 PicturesRegion: Catskills
Collected May 7, 2005
Added May 16, 2006
Mystacides sepulchralis (Black Dancer) Caddisfly Adult
View 10 PicturesThis was one of many of its species which were gathered in small, low-flying swarms of about a dozen insects near the alder trees in the afternoon on a small stream.
View 10 PicturesThis was one of many of its species which were gathered in small, low-flying swarms of about a dozen insects near the alder trees in the afternoon on a small stream.Region: Northeast
Collected Aug 22, 2006
Added Aug 24, 2006
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
Cheumatopsyche (Little Sister Sedges) Caddisfly Adult
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View 9 PicturesRegion: Northeast
Collected Sep 19, 2006
Added Oct 4, 2006
Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges) Caddisfly Pupa
View 8 PicturesSeveral users have interesting comments in the discussion of this specimen, but this observation by Creno is especially good:
View 8 PicturesSeveral users have interesting comments in the discussion of this specimen, but this observation by Creno is especially good:Also, this is what I would call an "immature" pupa. The wingpads of caddis pupae darken to nearly black as the enclosed adults near emerging. The darkening is the developing adult wing inside the pupal wing pad (Wing pad: A protrusion from the thorax of an insect nymph which holds the developing wings. Black wing pads usually indicate that the nymph is nearly ready to emerge into an adult.). The ultimate coloration of the adult wing is not very apparent in most pupal wing pads (Wing pad: A protrusion from the thorax of an insect nymph which holds the developing wings. Black wing pads usually indicate that the nymph is nearly ready to emerge into an adult.) as the majority of the adult wing coloration comes from the color/position of the adult wing hairs and setae (Seta: Little hairs on insects.). But dark pupal wingpads are a good indication that the emergence will occur very soon, likely that day or so, and that the adult parts are sufficiently developed within the pupae to make a species determination from the specimen, particularly if it is a male.
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Region: Catskills
Collected May 13, 2007
Added May 18, 2007
Hydropsychidae Caddisfly Larva
View 2 Pictures
View 2 PicturesRegion: Northeast
Collected Mar 13, 2005
Added Apr 5, 2006
Rhyacophila mainensis (Green Sedge) Caddisfly Larva
View 10 PicturesThis is the first Rhyacophila larva I've seen with this striking black banded appearance. I caught several larvae of this species in a fast riffle in a mid-sized trout stream.
View 10 PicturesThis is the first Rhyacophila larva I've seen with this striking black banded appearance. I caught several larvae of this species in a fast riffle in a mid-sized trout stream.Region: Northeast
Collected Mar 30, 2007
Added Apr 2, 2007
Neophylax (Autumn Mottled Sedges) Caddisfly Larva
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View 9 PicturesRegion: Northeast
Collected Mar 30, 2007
Added Apr 2, 2007
Dolophilodes distinctus (Tiny Black Gold Speckled-Winged Caddis) Caddisfly Adult
View 6 PicturesThis caddis species was dancing high over the stream, spaced a foot or two apart across most of its width, very much like Ephemera mayfly spinners but with more side-to-side motion mixed in. There were more than enough to get the trout interested, but I wasn't able to stick around until they fell on the water (if they did at all).
View 6 PicturesThis caddis species was dancing high over the stream, spaced a foot or two apart across most of its width, very much like Ephemera mayfly spinners but with more side-to-side motion mixed in. There were more than enough to get the trout interested, but I wasn't able to stick around until they fell on the water (if they did at all).Region: Poconos
Collected May 28, 2007
Added Jun 4, 2007
Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges) Caddisfly Adult
View 4 Pictures
View 4 PicturesRegion: Upper Midwest
Collected May 16, 2004
Added Jan 25, 2006
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