Insect Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

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Family in Trichoptera
ApataniidaeEarly Smoky Wing Sedges	3	16
BrachycentridaeApple Caddis and Grannoms	6	53
Calamoceratidae	0	0
GlossosomatidaeSaddle-case Makers	1	4
Goeridae	0	0
Helicopsychidae	0	1
Hydropsychidae	19	90
HydroptilidaeMicrocaddisflies	1	3
LepidostomatidaeLittle Brown Sedges	7	26
Leptoceridae	8	28
LimnephilidaeNorthern Caddisflies	22	81
Molannidae	1	4
Odontoceridae	2	20
Philopotamidae	7	30
Phryganeidae	2	8
Polycentropodidae	1	4
Psychomyiidae	0	0
RhyacophilidaeGreen Sedges	8	59
Uenoidae	4	49

4 families

(Beraeidae, Hydrobiosidae, Sericostomatidae, Xiphocentronidae)

aren't included.

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Pictures of 96 Caddisfly Specimens:

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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.

Collected May 15, 2007 from the West Branch of the Delaware River in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 18, 2007

Brachycentrus appalachia (Apple Caddis) Caddisfly Adult View 5 Pictures

Collected May 7, 2005 from the Beaverkill River in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 16, 2006

Apatania (Early Smoky Wing Sedges) Caddisfly Adult View 8 Pictures

Collected May 13, 2007 from the West Branch of the Delaware River in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 18, 2007

Dicosmoecus gilvipes (October Caddis) Caddisfly Nymph View 3 Pictures

Collected October 5, 2010 from the Touchet River in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 27, 2011

Triaenodes Caddisfly Adult View 4 Pictures

Collected August 7, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Hydropsyche californica (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Larva View 5 PicturesSize - 14 mm

Condition - preserved

Habitat - cobble bottom, moderate flow run, at a depth of approx. 1 1/2 feet.

Key Characters - pair of large prosternal sclerites (Sclerite: A hard plate of chitinous material, such as those that form the exoskeletons of arthropods, uninterrupted by cracks or sutures.)


This is a very common taxon at this location. I collected using a kick net. In life, it is bright olive green ventrally, shading to a dull olive at its dorsal (Dorsal: Top.) abdominal surfaces. In the hand, the legs, thoraxic regions, and head appear medium chocolate brown. The stark contrast of the thoraxic plate's dark edges and light legs are effects of preserving. The plumouse anal hooks were duck down gray, not the color of the gills as appears in the preserved specimen.

The Lower Yuba River is a good habitat for this species, being a larger river with an open canopy. The Feather River just to the north of the Yuba system also finds H. californica in abundance. The other common Hydropsyche species in the area, Hydropsyche occidentalis, seems to prefer smaller, shaded streams.

Entoman

Collected March 9, 2011 from the Lower Yuba River in California
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on November 2, 2011

Lepidostoma (Little Brown Sedges) Little Brown Sedge Larva View 6 PicturesThis one got a little bit damaged in the abdomen when I extracted it from its case. That's a delicate job.

Collected May 6, 2007 from Mongaup Creek in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 18, 2007

Male 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).

Collected May 28, 2007 from Mystery Creek #42 in Pennsylvania
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 4, 2007

Dolophilodes distinctus (Tiny Black Gold Speckled-Winged Caddis) Caddisfly Larva View 4 Pictures

Collected February 7, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Limnephilidae (Northern Caddisflies) Caddisfly Larva View 5 Pictures

Collected March 1, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

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