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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Plenitentoria » Phryganeoidea » Giant Casemaker Caddisflies (Phryganeidae) » Banksiola
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possible caddisfly - Banksiola
Copyright © 2008 Christopher Adam

possible caddisfly - Banksiola
Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
July 25, 2007
Size: 3 cm
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Contributed by Christopher Adam on 22 May, 2008 - 11:57am
Last updated 5 July, 2008 - 11:31am

Moved
Moved from Caddisflies.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 July, 2008 - 11:31am login or register to post comments

Hmmmm...
could it maybe be one of the scorpionflies in Genus Panorpa?
… John R. Maxwell, 22 May, 2008 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Neither a Caddisfly nor a Scorpionfly...
But rather, I think a member of the suborder Planipennia (Neuroptera).
Overall habitus reminds of a European Osmylus sp., but I ignore whether this family exists in North-America. At least there is no Guide page for them.
Place of the finding suggests an aquatic larval life, which matches with Osmylidae.
… Richard Vernier, 22 May, 2008 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Not an expert
but Wikipedia says "The osmylids are found all over the world except in North America", not that I trust Wikipedia for much.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmylidae
… John R. Maxwell, 22 May, 2008 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Then this is something else
But long palpi exclude any Mecopteran anyway. Maybe this is nonetheless a Caddisfly after all, but a very special one.
… Richard Vernier, 22 May, 2008 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
How about
Genus Banksiola?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/56802/bgimage
I just saw this one.
… John R. Maxwell, 6 June, 2008 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

 
It was attracted to my porch
It was attracted to my porch light. Size (body) is just a rough guess from memory.
… Christopher Adam, 22 May, 2008 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

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