Troutnut Forum > Specimen Discussion > sedge larva
The Specimen
Rhyacophila fuscula (Green Sedge) Caddisfly Larva
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View 11 PicturesRegion: Northeast
Collected Apr 1, 2007
Added Apr 3, 2007
The Discussion
| HELENE | October 10th, 2007, 8:37 am | |
| Posts: 1 | I've found some sedge larva (?) in a small stream in Wales, living in small tiny, tiny pebbles, like a tunnel! I do recognize the head and legs and would love to know a little bit more about them! Some also had sticks glued to the pebbles, looking like grasshoppers that's drowned! I shall look forward to hearing from you on my e-mail - helenemills2@yahoo.co.uk - Thanks Helene Mills | |
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| Taxon | October 10th, 2007, 11:09 am | |
| Mercer Island, WA Posts: 485 | Helene- Caddisfly larvae are generally classified as net spinning, free living, or case building. The netspinners build a retreat incorporating a silken net to capture food, similar to a spider web, only underwater. The freeliving build no shelter. The casebuilders build either a portable or fixed case for their protection. A species which builds cases generally constructs them so similarly, that a case can often be identified to genus level simply by virtue of its shape and the materials used in its construction. | |
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