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A stonefly? No -- a caddisfly. - Molanna

A stonefly? No -- a caddisfly. - Molanna
Prairie Lake, Veteran's Park, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
May 30, 2011
These were all over my kayak when I pulled to shore.

What's with that body shape? I didn't notice those "lobes" until I saw the pictures at home.

I agree
I agree its Molanna - what did you mean by lobes?

 
"Lobes" for lack of a better
"Lobes" for lack of a better word.
Where I'd expect an elongated abdomen, there appears instead to be a pair of abdomen-like bits angling down. oO

Did it maybe recently emerge, and this is a yet-to-take-shapr abdomen?

 
Info here

 
coxae
as Vassili suggested these "lobes" are indeed the critter's coxae. The abdomen is behind them with the wings folded around it.
dave

 
I feel silly now. If only I had scrutinized the photo.
Ah. Thank you.
(I thought coxae was a guess at classification. I see now.)
And the insect makes so much more sense now that I understand what I'm looking at.

 
The abdomen may be under the wings
and you are seeing folded up legs and thinking that is the abdomen
For example...

 
just a guess: coxae?

Moved
Moved from Caddisflies.

I'm almost positive that it i
I'm almost positive that it is Molanna (Molannidae).

 
thanks, Ian

caddis; stoneflies look very different
...with wings kept flat in their backs in repose, for one

Moved from ID Request.

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