Troutnut Forum > Specimen Discussion > Identification: Cheumatopsyche
The Specimen
Cheumatopsyche (Little Sister Sedges) Caddisfly Pupa
View 3 PicturesI was surprised how bright green this pupa is. It's chartreuse. After collecting it, I experimented with melting down chartreuse jigs and making little translucent rubber caddis abdomens on my flies. They looked good, and the trout liked them, but they weren't very durable at all. This specimen is recently deceased in the photographs.
View 3 PicturesI was surprised how bright green this pupa is. It's chartreuse. After collecting it, I experimented with melting down chartreuse jigs and making little translucent rubber caddis abdomens on my flies. They looked good, and the trout liked them, but they weren't very durable at all. This specimen is recently deceased in the photographs.Region: Upper Midwest
Collected May 18, 2004
Added Jan 25, 2006
The Discussion
| Litobrancha | September 23rd, 2006, 5:55 pm | |
| Knoxville TN Posts: 49 | This is cheumatopsyche female. note at the posterior end of the abdomen the two semi-rectangular plates that are distinct to the base, that is a good diagnostic for cheumatopsyche. [edited by Troutnut: added title] | |
| Jason Robinson Research Specialist III UT Knoxville | ||
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