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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Plenitentoria » Limnephiloidea » Northern Caddisflies (Limnephilidae) » Limnephilinae » Stenophylacini » Pycnopsyche
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Great Brown Autumn Sedge? - Pycnopsyche
Copyright © 2006 Nolie Schneider

Great Brown Autumn Sedge? - Pycnopsyche
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
September 19, 2006
Size: 20 mm
This looks like the illustration of Great Brown Autumn Sedge, Pycnopsyche guttifer, in the Caddisfly Handbook by Pobst and Richards. Attracted to lights.

Nolie
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Contributed by Nolie Schneider on 20 September, 2006 - 7:07pm
Last updated 30 October, 2006 - 11:31pm

Thanks, everyone.
This is the first time I've used this site and the identifications came so quickly. Wow!!
… D. R. Hanka, 19 June, 2010 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

I speculated on P. guttifer also
in the photo here but haven't found any more info since then. If it's Pycnopsyche, there's 17 species to choose from at nearctica.com.

Caddisflies with this color, pattern, and size are common around our place in September and early October, so it would be nice to get a positive ID.
… Robin McLeod, 20 September, 2006 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

 
I speculated on P. guttifer also
Hi Robin,

There is an illustration of a caddisfly very similar to this in "Insects, Their Natural History and Diversity" by Stephen Marshall, which is identified to genus as Pycnopsyche.

I wish we could find someone to identify caddisflies, as I get many species here (being close to the Ottawa River), and it would be interesting to know what they are.

Nolie
… Nolie Schneider, 21 September, 2006 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

 
I think it's safe to say...
that this is a Pycnopsyche species, based on the illustrations you've seen in two books, the photo I linked to earlier, and info added to the Guide.

Image moved from ID Request to new genus page.
… Robin McLeod, 30 October, 2006 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I think it's safe to say...
Thanks, Robin.

Nolie
… Nolie Schneider, 31 October, 2006 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

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