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Caddisfly larva - Phylocentropus carolinus

Caddisfly larva - Phylocentropus carolinus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 7, 2009
Size: 13mm larva

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Moved
Moved from Phylocentropus.

Moved
Moved from Polycentropus.

Moved

Moved
Moved from Caddisflies.

Polycentropodidae (Dipseudopsinae)
Given the broadened tarsi and the sand-covered tube, it's most likely Phylocentropus but the reference I'm using states that the genus is now in a separate family, Dipseudopsidae (formerly a subfamily of Polycentropididae). Maybe someone else can confirm that.

 
Yes
Dipseudopsidae, Phylocentropus looks likely.

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