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WA Caddisfly Description


Taxonomic Name
(Common Name)		LarvalAdult
Limnephilidae
(Northern case maker)		Retreat: portable case made of excavared twig or plant material; prosternal horn present; 1st ab seg w/dirsal & lateral humps; sm. antenna ant of eye. Lays egg masses above water level on plants and stones, where they are later washed into the water by rain.


Dicosmoecus
(October Caddis)
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Copyright © 2012 Joseph Fortier
WA species:
Dicosmoecus atripes
Dicosmoecus gilvipes
(2) WA species		Gills on ab segs with 2, 3, or 4 branches; femur on hind leg with many long hairs; chloride epithelium (usually a shiny oval) on underside of 1st abdominal segment; case a long slightly curved untapered tube.Body length: 30 mm.
Body: reddish orange.
Wings: mottled gray and brown (translucent).

State/province distribution based on NatureServe Explorer.

Created: 08/16/2013   Last modified: 12/08/2014    www.FlyfishingEntomology.com