**Female Brachycentrus americanus (American Grannom) Caddisfly Adult Pictures**

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

» Family Brachycentridae (Apple Caddis and Grannoms)

» Genus Brachycentrus (Grannoms)

» Species americanus (American Grannom)

Size 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.

This caddisfly was collected from the Fall River on October 15th, 2011 and added to Troutnut.com on October 21st, 2011.

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Female Brachycentrus americanus (American Grannom) Caddisfly Adult from the Fall River in California

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locality 2 Replies »

Posted by Creno on Oct 21, 2011

Last reply on Oct 21, 2011 by Troutnut

there is a link for the locality however the link does not work. Is it possible to include locality information with the image itself? That way when a link is broke in the future it is still possible to associate the specimen with the location, date, collector, etc.

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**Female Brachycentrus americanus (American Grannom) Caddisfly Adult Pictures**