Caddisfly - Frenesia missa

Moved

Moved from Frenesia.

… tom murray, 19 March, 2011 - 9:02pm

Moved

… tom murray, 19 March, 2011 - 2:32pm

This

one is heavily marked, and so I would put it in missa. It is the more lightly/intermediately marked ones that seem to overlap with difficilis.

… Donald S. Chandler, 19 March, 2011 - 3:26pm

Moved

Moved from Frenesia.
Don identified this 12mm one as F. missa.

… tom murray, 19 March, 2011 - 2:26pm

nice picture

palps look like a male and you can see the stigma real good. How long is this one?

… Dave Ruiter, 4 December, 2009 - 11:51pm

Size

I just measured the specimen, and it's 12mm.

… tom murray, 5 December, 2009 - 8:26am

length

FYI - I just ran into 10 Frenesia difficilis males and females that range from 15-18mm with the females being the larger. While several of the wings are spotted along the anterior anastomosis most are not and the spotting is not as distinct as the strip on the photo above.

… Dave Ruiter, 6 December, 2009 - 1:15pm

Frenesia sp.

So it sounds like this probably isn't F. difficilis. I saved it for Don, and I'll be seeing him in a few weeks.

… tom murray, 6 December, 2009 - 10:00pm

size

I guess I just have problems with using size and color to determine species because of such variability in both.

… Dave Ruiter, 6 December, 2009 - 10:13pm