Troutnut Forum > Specimen Discussion > Identification: Cheumatopsyche
The Specimen
Cheumatopsyche (Little Sister Sedges) Caddisfly Adult
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View 3 PicturesRegion: Upper Midwest
Collected May 16, 2004
Added Jan 25, 2006
The Discussion
| Litobrancha | September 23rd, 2006, 6:08 pm | |
| Knoxville TN Posts: 50 | looks like a cheumatopsyche female. [edited by Troutnut: added title] | |
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| GONZO | September 23rd, 2006, 6:49 pm | |
| "Bear Swamp," PA Posts: 1003 | Nice set of caddisfly identifications, Lito! Help me out with this one. To my layman's eye the shape of the wing indicates Hydropsychidae as the probable family, and the color of the body (absent a size reference) suggests that Cheumatopsyche is the likely genus. What other cues do you see, particularly with regard to gender? Keep in mind that my out-dated Internet Explorer overprints half of the pictures I'm seeing. If you are looking at an oviduct on the ventral view, then I get it--I just can't see it. Thanks. PS . . . I've read (somewhere) that the males of Ceratopsyche bronta can have greenish bodies (and that the females are more yellow). Hence the question about gender cues or any other traits confirming Cheumatopsyche as the genus. | |
| Troutnut | September 23rd, 2006, 8:46 pm | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1146 | Thanks for all the help! I just went through them all and updated the specimens to fit the IDs you gave. Gonzo -- Are you using Internet Explorer 5.something still? (You can check by going to the Help menu at the top of the window and selecting "About Internet Explorer.") You should really upgrade! IE5 is a nightmare for web designers because it renders some things differently. It's really a nightmare even to make a web page like this play nicely with the different up-to-date browsers. IE5 is a whole other level of hell from a web programmer's standpoint, so I decided not to mess with it. I checked my stats and less than 1% of my visitors use it. Anyway, that's a very off-topic rant. If you'd like some help upgrading send me a private message and I can point you to the right downloads. | |
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