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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Plenitentoria » Phryganeoidea » Giant Casemaker Caddisflies (Phryganeidae) » Ptilostomis
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Vernal pool caddisfly - Ptilostomis
Copyright © 2008 Noah Charney

Vernal pool caddisfly - Ptilostomis
Housatonic Watershed (Far Western Mass), Massachusetts, USA
April 9, 2008

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Contributed by Noah Charney on 16 December, 2008 - 4:33pm
Last updated 14 February, 2009 - 8:48pm

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… tom murray, 14 February, 2009 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

Phryganeidae
The striped head and the case of spiral or stacked cylinders of plant material are characteristics of many members of this family. This might be Ptilostomis. (The markings on the prothorax look like that genus.)
… Lloyd Gonzales, 16 December, 2008 - 11:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Ptilostomis
Ptilostomis is a good guess. Many giant case-makers build spiral cases, but this one is a set of stacked cylinders, which is typical of the genus Ptilostomis. I'v seen the genus on many nearby rivers, including both the Farmington and the Deerfield rivers, where the water is unpolluted.
… Bugei, 19 December, 2008 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

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