Female Dolophilodes distinctus (Tiny Black Gold Speckled-Winged Caddis) Caddisfly Adult Pictures
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
» Class Insecta (Insects)
» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
» Family Philopotamidae
» Genus Dolophilodes (Medium Evening Sedges)
» Species distinctus (Tiny Black Gold Speckled-Winged Caddis)
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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.
This caddisfly was collected from the Poconos on May 29th, 2007 and added to Troutnut.com on June 4th, 2007.
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Recent Discussions of this Adult
Dolophilodes adult 3 Replies »
Ross (1944) mentions that Dolophilodes (Trentonius) distinctus adults "...remarkable b/c of the production of adults during the entire year, incl. the winter months, and the wingless condition of most of the females.....records indicate the females produced during the colder months are all wingless.....Winged females have been taken during the warmer months of the year." He goes on to mention that wing presence is caused by temperature reactions influencing late larvae. Was it a really cold stream? Seems late for ambient air influences.
ReplyDragonfly nymph? 12 Replies »Posted by Taxon on Jun 4, 2007
Last reply on Jun 13, 2007 by Litobrancha
Ignoring the (perhaps deformed) wing pads, to me at least, the general body shape looks a lot more like a dragonfly nymph.
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