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Caddisfly ID help: I keyed to Limnephilidae . Onoscosmoecus or Eocosmoecus (see characters in Remarks)
Caddisfly ID help: I keyed to Limnephilidae . Onoscosmoecus or Eocosmoecus (see characters in Remarks)
Las Vegas , Clark County, Nevada, USA
March 11, 2014
Size: 20 mm
3 of 5 images of this specimen.

Caddisfly ID help: I keyed to Limnephilidae . Onoscosmoecus or Eocosmoecus (see characters in Remarks)
Caddisfly ID help: I keyed to Limnephilidae . Onoscosmoecus or Eocosmoecus (see characters in Remarks)
Las Vegas , Clark County, Nevada, USA
March 11, 2014
Size: 20 mm
2 of 5 images of this specimen.

Polydrusus sericeus ? - Polydrusus cervinus
Polydrusus sericeus ? - Polydrusus cervinus
Lubec, Washington County, Maine, USA
July 9, 2013
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

Polydrusus sericeus ? - Polydrusus cervinus
Polydrusus sericeus ? - Polydrusus cervinus
Lubec, Washington County, Maine, USA
July 9, 2013
1 of 2 images of this specimen.

Caddisfly ID help: I keyed to Limnephilidae . Onoscosmoecus or Eocosmoecus (see characters in Remarks)
Caddisfly ID help: I keyed to Limnephilidae . Onoscosmoecus or Eocosmoecus (see characters in Remarks)
Las Vegas , Clark County, Nevada, USA
March 11, 2014
Size: 20 mm

Caddisfly ID help: I keyed to Limnephilidae . Onoscosmoecus or Eocosmoecus (see characters in Remarks)
Caddisfly ID help: I keyed to Limnephilidae . Onoscosmoecus or Eocosmoecus (see characters in Remarks)
Las Vegas , Clark County, Nevada, USA
March 11, 2014
Size: 20 mm
1 of 5 images of this specimen.
Stream pools in Mojave Desert through sand dunes and limestone substrates in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. In keying the larva through Merritt and Cummins (Intro to Aquatic Insects of North America) to family, characters of the specimen include: anal claw hook-shaped, metanotum membranous, antenna not apparent, mesonotum covered by sclerotized plates,abdominal seg 1 clearly has lateral and dorsal humps, labrum w 6 or fewer setae, base of anal claw lacking brush of setae, median dorsal hump present > LIMNEPHILIDAE. Keying in the family key, characters include Mesonotoum w 1 pr

pipevine swallowtail - Battus philenor
pipevine swallowtail - Battus philenor
Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA
March 11, 2014
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

Chlaenius sp. - Chlaenius platyderus
Chlaenius sp. - Chlaenius platyderus
Nachusa Grasslands, Ogle County, Illinois, USA
August 1, 2013
Size: 14.4 mm
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

Chlaenius sp. - Chlaenius platyderus
Chlaenius sp. - Chlaenius platyderus
Nachusa Grasslands, Ogle County, Illinois, USA
August 1, 2013
Size: 14.4 mm
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
Could this be Chlaenius platyderus? I've tried to get some clear shots of the metepisternum.

pipevine swallowtail - Battus philenor
pipevine swallowtail - Battus philenor
Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA
March 11, 2014
1 of 2 images of this specimen.