Caddisfly Genus Brachycentrus (Grannoms)

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

» Family Brachycentridae (Apple Caddis and Grannoms)

» Genus Brachycentrus (Grannoms)

Species in Brachycentrus
Brachycentrus americanusAmerican Grannom	1	1
Brachycentrus appalachiaApple Caddis	3	30
Brachycentrus fuliginosusGrannom	0	0
Brachycentrus lateralisStriped Grannom	0	0
Brachycentrus nigrosomaGrannom	0	0
Brachycentrus numerosusDark Grannom	0	0
Brachycentrus occidentalisMother's Day Caddis	0	0

7 species

(Brachycentrus chelatus, Brachycentrus echo, Brachycentrus etowahensis, Brachycentrus incanus, Brachycentrus signata, Brachycentrus solomoni, Brachycentrus spinea)

aren't included.

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Grannoms

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

• The behavior and habitat of Brachycentrus.
• 3 underwater pictures of Brachycentrus.
• 2 streamside pictures of Brachycentrus.

Pictures of 5 Caddisfly Specimens in the Genus Brachycentrus:

Specimen Page:12

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

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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