Caddisfly Family Philopotamidae
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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
» Class Insecta (Insects)
» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
» Family Philopotamidae
| Genus in Philopotamidae |  |  |
| ChimarraLittle Black Sedges | 2 | 10 |
| DolophilodesMedium Evening Sedges | 3 | 16 |
| WormaldiaLittle Autumn Sedges | 0 | 0 |
Larva & Pupa Biology
Shelter Type: Very fine-meshed nets5 Caddisfly Specimens in the Family Philopotamidae:
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
Dolophilodes distinctus (Tiny Black Gold Speckled-Winged Caddis) Caddisfly Adult
View 6 PicturesThis is a really strange specimen. I would guess it's one of the dry caddis pupa that scoots across the surface of the water as a pupa rather than emerging right away. Its "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.)" sure don't look right, though. Maybe they're deformed and that's why I was able to find this one as a pupa in the first place. It also looks like it might be a caddis adult missing its wings, but since I found three of them, that kind of rules out such an anomalous maiming.
I found this one and one other on a midstream rock. The previous day, I caught a similar creature kicking around on the water's surface.
This one died and shriveled a little bit before I could photograph it, but it's basically in its original shape.
View 6 PicturesThis is a really strange specimen. I would guess it's one of the dry caddis pupa that scoots across the surface of the water as a pupa rather than emerging right away. Its "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.)" sure don't look right, though. Maybe they're deformed and that's why I was able to find this one as a pupa in the first place. It also looks like it might be a caddis adult missing its wings, but since I found three of them, that kind of rules out such an anomalous maiming.
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I found this one and one other on a midstream rock. The previous day, I caught a similar creature kicking around on the water's surface.
This one died and shriveled a little bit before I could photograph it, but it's basically in its original shape.
Region: Poconos
Collected May 29, 2007
Added Jun 4, 2007
Chimarra (Little Black Sedges) Caddisfly Larva
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View 6 PicturesRegion: Northeast
Collected Mar 30, 2007
Added Apr 2, 2007
Recent Discussions of Philopotamidae
Pupa color? 5 Replies »
Seems like dead drifting the pupa pattern during the emergence time is a good way to fish this before the adults are on the water.
Does the pupa retain the orange color of the larva or do they have the color of the adult?
ReplyDoes the pupa retain the orange color of the larva or do they have the color of the adult?
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