**Caddisfly Species Hydropsyche alternans (Spotted Sedge)**

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

» Family Hydropsychidae

» Genus Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges)

» Species alternans (Spotted Sedge)

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Spotted Sedge

This is probably the most well-known species of Hydropsychidae in the angling literature, but Gary LaFontaine wrote in Caddisflies of his suspicions that alternans was being given credit for the hatches of Hydropsyche morosa and Hydropsyche slossonae as well.

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Regions: East, Midwest

Time Of Year (?): May through August

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