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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Annulipalpia » Hydropsychoidea » Netspinning Caddisflies (Hydropsychidae) » Hydropsychinae » Potamyia » Potamyia flava
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Caddisfly - Potamyia flava
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Caddisfly - Potamyia flava
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
August 9, 2009
Size: 6mm (1/4")
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 10 August, 2009 - 10:11am
Last updated 18 January, 2022 - 3:26pm

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… v belov, 18 January, 2022 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

Potamyia flava
Potamyia flava
… Vladislav Grigorenko, 18 January, 2022 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Caddisflies.
… v belov, 18 August, 2012 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Charley Eiseman, 12 September, 2009 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

did you keep it?
seems pretty small for Potamyia
… Dave Ruiter, 10 August, 2009 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

 
....
No, I didn't keep it.
… Sam Houston, 11 August, 2009 - 7:55am login or register to post comments

 
Good point
I didn't pay enough attention to the size. Sam, is that an accurate head-to-wingtip measurement?
… Lloyd Gonzales, 10 August, 2009 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

 
....
Well, it might have been 8mm (5/16") but somewhere in that range. It came to the porch light along with quite a few others. There were probably 15 or so of them around the light.
But, as far as accuracy, I did not physically measure it with a tape measure. However, you can see in the picture on the left side, the white area on the wall is the concrete seam between bricks, which is around 1/4"-3/8" wide, and the caddisfly is not any bigger than that.
… Sam Houston, 11 August, 2009 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

This looks like...
Potamyia flava, but some of the confirming details are either hidden or obscure in the photo.
… Lloyd Gonzales, 10 August, 2009 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

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