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WA Caddisfly Description


Taxonomic Name
(Common Name)		LarvalAdult
Phryganeidae
(Giant case maker)		Retreat: portable case, cylindrical and/or curved, spiraling or ringed layers, often with twigs extending posteriorally; head with dark bands; posternal horn; median sternellum.  


Banksiola
(Traveler Sedge)
Copyright © 2013 Ruiter, et al. BMC Ecology
Copyright © 2012 Libby & Rick Avis
WA species:
Banksiola crotchi
(1) WA species		Habitat: lakes, ponds and areas of reduced current.
Meso- and meta-nota with pair of longitudinal, irregular dark bands.
Retreat: case of spiral construction usually with trailing ends of plant material.		Body length: 25 mm.
Emergence: late June - early July, 11 AM -3PM.

State/province distribution based on NatureServe Explorer.

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