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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
Photo#62849
Trichoptera Sp.
Copyright © 2006 Mardon Erbland

Trichoptera Sp.
Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
July 9, 2006
Size: 1cm Estimated
I found this sitting on our driveway about 3:00PM. Here it's sitting on the outside of a plastic container. It seemed somewhat disoriented to me but it had no trouble flying. In fact, it flew away before I could get a shot from another angle. Are these two images enough to suggest an ID?

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 9 July, 2006 - 7:00pm
Last updated 10 July, 2006 - 6:26am

Trichoptera
see caddisflies in the Guide; I haven't seen one with this particular pattern before
… Robin McLeod, 9 July, 2006 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you for the ID.  After learning that it was a caddisfly, I browsed the web and found this photo that looks a lot like my specimen.  I couldn't find any on the Guide pages that had a pattern like mine. I'll move these images to Trichoptera.
… Mardon Erbland, 10 July, 2006 - 6:24am login or register to post comments

 
Caddis
The wing patterns may be similar, but look at the legs. Your specimen has many spines, whereas the one you are comparing it to has none. Based on that, yours is probably Limnephilidae or Phryganeidae; their is probably a European species, from a diffferent family.

Next time try taking the photo from the side. Wing silhouette is very helpful, as are the spines and spurs on the legs, the base of the antennae and the mouth parts
… Bugei, 18 July, 2006 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

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