Caddisfly Family Brachycentridae (Apple Caddis and Grannoms)

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

» Family Brachycentridae (Apple Caddis and Grannoms)

Genus in Brachycentridae
AmiocentrusLittle Western Weedy-Water Sedges	0	0
BrachycentrusGrannoms	5	43
MicrosemaLittle Grannoms	1	5

2 genera

(Adicrophleps, Eobrachycentrus)

aren't included.

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Apple Caddis and Grannoms

This is page 2 of specimens of Brachycentridae. Visit the main Brachycentridae page for:

• The behavior and habitat of Brachycentridae.
• 4 underwater pictures of Brachycentridae.
• 2 streamside pictures of Brachycentridae.

Pictures of 9 Caddisfly Specimens in the Family Brachycentridae:

Specimen Page:12

Microsema (Little Grannoms) Caddisfly Adult View 5 PicturesThis one has a neat iridescent sheen to its wings.

See the discussion for details on this fly's tentative ID.

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

Brachycentrus appalachia (Apple Caddis) Caddisfly Adult View 9 PicturesThe wings of this specimen were pale tan, almost white, when I collected it, and the body was of the lighter "apple green" from which this species gets its common name. Everything turned much darker by the time I got it home and under the camera.

The wings look even darker in some of these pictures because the background is black and the wings are unusually translucent. You can see that in one of the pictures where the body easily through the wings. They're really a light, translucent gray, which is still far from the pale tan of the same fly when it was freshly emerged.

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

Brachycentridae (Apple Caddis and Grannoms) Caddisfly Larva View 3 Pictures

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

Brachycentridae (Apple Caddis and Grannoms) Caddisfly Pupa View 9 Pictures

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

Brachycentridae (Apple Caddis and Grannoms) Caddisfly Larva View 5 Pictures

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

Female Brachycentrus americanus (American Grannom) Caddisfly Adult View 1 PicturesSize 11 mm. Prior to this photo the specimen dropped its large egg mass that was a very dark (almost black) olive sphere almost twice the diameter of the abdomen. Notice the abdomen visible through the wings is both thickened and shortened post egg drop.

Collected October 15, 2011 from the Fall River in California
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on October 21, 2011

Specimen Page:12

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