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Caddisfly Family Lepidostomatidae (Little Brown Sedges)

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Genus in LepidostomatidaeNumber of SpecimensNumber of Pictures
LepidostomaLittle Brown Sedges944
TheliopsycheLittle Brown-Green Sedges15
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****Little Brown Sedges
*Little Brown-Green Sedges


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Pictures of 10 Little Brown Sedge Specimens:

Specimen Page:12
Female Lepidostoma podagrum (Little Brown Sedge) Little Brown Sedge AdultFemale Lepidostoma podagrum (Little Brown Sedge) Little Brown Sedge Adult View 3 PicturesThese specimens are still alive, just very cold, so the colors are accurate. I put them in the freezer for a bit to settle them down and overdid it a little:)
Collected May 12, 2011 from the Fall River in California
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on December 14, 2011
Lepidostoma podagrum (Little Brown Sedge) Little Brown Sedge LarvaLepidostoma podagrum (Little Brown Sedge) Little Brown Sedge Larva View 2 PicturesThe photo of the specimen cased is alive. The photo of the uncased larva is the same specimen taken after it was preserved in its case. Unfortunately, there was a lot of pigment transfer making the specimen look olivaceous. In life it was grayish white as shown in the first photo.
Collected May 12, 2011 from the Fall River in California
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on December 14, 2011
Lepidostoma podagrum (Little Brown Sedge) Little Brown Sedge LarvaLepidostoma podagrum (Little Brown Sedge) Little Brown Sedge Larva View 1 PicturesThis egg packet was dropped from the specimen with the severely foreshortened abdomen in the other photo series. It's amazing how much abdominal length is given up in this process. The egg packet looked black in the hand.
Collected May 12, 2011 from the Fall River in California
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on December 14, 2011
Lepidostoma (Little Brown Sedges) Little Brown Sedge LarvaLepidostoma (Little Brown Sedges) Little Brown Sedge Larva View 12 Pictures
Collected July 28, 2019 from Mystery Creek #199 in Washington
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 30, 2019
Male Lepidostoma (Little Brown Sedges) Little Brown Sedge AdultMale Lepidostoma (Little Brown Sedges) Little Brown Sedge Adult View 7 PicturesOn an evening filled with millions of caddisflies, this one stood out as the only one of its kind that found its way into my net. Dave Ruiter identified it from the photos as a Lepidostoma specimen in the pluviale species group.
Collected July 1, 2019 from the Madison River in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 18, 2019
Male Lepidostoma podagrum (Little Brown Sedge) Little Brown Sedge AdultMale Lepidostoma podagrum (Little Brown Sedge) Little Brown Sedge Adult View 3 Pictures
Collected May 12, 2011 from the Fall River in California
Added to Troutnut.com by Entoman on December 10, 2011
Male Lepidostoma (Little Brown Sedges) Little Brown Sedge AdultMale Lepidostoma (Little Brown Sedges) Little Brown Sedge Adult View 4 Pictures
Collected August 11, 2018 from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 12, 2019
Specimen Page:12
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