Caddisfly Genus Psychoglypha (Snow Sedges)
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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
» Class Insecta (Insects)
» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
» Family Limnephilidae (Northern Caddisflies)
» Genus Psychoglypha (Snow Sedges)
| Species in Psychoglypha |  |  |
| Psychoglypha alascensisSnow Sedge | 0 | 0 |
| Psychoglypha subborealisSnow Sedge | 0 | 0 |
12 species aren't included.
Common Names
| Match | Common Name |
 | Snow Sedges |
 | Northern Caddisflies |
Dr. George Roemhild explained to me how he finds these winter caddisflies in February and March: "They crawl up on the snowbanks, but when the sun hits their dark wings they melt down out of sight. That's how I collect them, by walking along looking for holes in the snow."
I will keep an eye out this winter and hopefully collect some specimens to photograph.
Hatching Behavior
On bright winter days when the trout move into the shallows to sun themselves, these caddisflies may pick the same destination to emerge and the trout will feed.Larva & Pupa Biology
Diet: Leaf matter, algae, dead animals
The larvae are the most important stage of Psychoglypha. They are especially prone to behavioral drift (Behavioral drift: The nymphs and larvae of many aquatic insects sometimes release their grip on the bottom and drift downstream for a while with synchronized timing. This phenomenon increases their vulnerability to trout just like emergence, but it is invisible to the angler above the surface. In many species it occurs daily, most often just after dusk or just before dawn.) and, unlike most species, they do it during the daytime.
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