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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Plenitentoria » Limnephiloidea » Northern Caddisflies (Limnephilidae) » Dicosmoecinae » Ironoquia » Eastern Boxed-wing Sedge (Ironoquia lyrata)
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Eastern Boxed-wing Sedge - Ironoquia lyrata
Copyright © 2008 John R. Maxwell

Eastern Boxed-wing Sedge - Ironoquia lyrata
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
October 3, 2007
Size: Maybe around 15 mm?
I believe that this is a caddisfly, but I have no idea what kind.
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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 5 January, 2008 - 7:43am
Last updated 22 February, 2008 - 5:00pm

Moved
Moved from Caddisflies.
… John R. Maxwell, 5 January, 2008 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

Ironoquia
The time of year, size and the shape and coloration of the wing suggest genus Ironoquia, the Eastern box-winged sedge. Only two NA caddis families, Limnephilidae and Phryganeidae, have such spiny legs. Ironoquia is in the former. It tends to live in temporary streams or ponds.
… Bugei, 5 January, 2008 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You!
Thanks, I had no hope for anything past Order!
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