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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Free-living Caddisflies (Rhyacophilidae) » Green Sedges (Rhyacophila)
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Caddisfly - Rhyacophila
Copyright © 2006 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Caddisfly - Rhyacophila
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 24, 2006
Size: 1/2 "
It's hard to see here-but the back of the body was greenish/blue (aqua sort of) metallic looking. Darn thing flew away before I could get a better shot

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Caddisfly - Rhyacophila Moth 2006 104 - Rhyacophila
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 2 February, 2007 - 1:35pm
Last updated 24 June, 2008 - 4:42pm

Moved
Moved from Caddisflies.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 24 June, 2008 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

Probably a green sedge
Based only on size, color, date, and general appearance, I'd guess that this is probably one of the Rhyacophila. (B. appalachia is a late April/early May emerger in your area, and has plain wings that change from nearly white to tannish grey as it ages.)
… Lloyd Gonzales, 23 June, 2008 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! ^__^
Thanks! ^__^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 24 June, 2008 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

Brachycentrus ?
I think caddisfly is probably correct. Brachycentrus is a genus known in your area. I'm not sure of which ssp occur in your area, but one possibility may be Brachycentrus appalachia, which has the blue/green abdomen.
… J.D. Roberts, 7 May, 2007 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
moving
given uncertainty as to further ID, I'm moving to the Trichoptera page by now, pending further info.
… Ethan Friedman, 9 May, 2007 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

looks like a caddisfly of som
looks like a caddisfly of some sort
… Dennis Profant, 2 February, 2007 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

 
It does sort of doesn't it-bu
It does sort of doesn't it-but not like any I have ever seen. Or any moth either...hmmm
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 3 February, 2007 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

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