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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Plenitentoria » Limnephiloidea » Northern Caddisflies (Limnephilidae) » Limnephilinae » Limnephilini » Limnephilus » Limnephilus rhombicus
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Caddisfly - Limnephilus rhombicus
Copyright © 2008 Noah Charney

Caddisfly - Limnephilus rhombicus
Massachusetts, USA
June 14, 2008
Size: 3cm (ant. tip to wingtip)
Emerged out of vernal pool

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Contributed by Noah Charney on 14 June, 2008 - 10:25pm
Last updated 15 February, 2009 - 8:19am

Moved
Moved from Northern Caddisflies.
… tom murray, 15 February, 2009 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

likely.....
Limnephilus rhombicus - those are male parts at the end of the abdomen
… Dave Ruiter, 15 August, 2008 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

Looks like...
a limnephilid.
… Lloyd Gonzales, 14 July, 2008 - 3:03am login or register to post comments

Fem
I want to say this may or may not be a female due to the green abdomen which, if I'm correct in my assumption, would be due to eggs she's carrying.
… Jonas Insinga, 15 June, 2008 - 4:44am login or register to post comments

 
Would she have eggs before sh
Would *she* have eggs before she's mated? I raised this one from a larva and although there were other larvae in the tank I don't think there were other adults yet when I found *her* which I think was very soon after emergence.
… Noah Charney, 15 February, 2009 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

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