Southern Marsh Orchids

Southern Marsh Orchids

Thursday, 9 June 2016

caddisflies

There were a lot of caddisflies attracted to my moth box last week. Amongst them were these three, two of which are 'longhorns' and the other was the biggest caddisfly I've ever seen at approx 30mm.

The wing bars on Mystacides longicornis make it easy to identify but the second could be either Mystacides azurea or M. nigra. I think the big beast could be Phyrganea striata or P. grandis, but whatever it is, it was probably the biggest thing in the moth box!




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  1. GMT15 June 2016 at 19:41

    I had lots of caddis last week too, but haven't seen Phryganea in Cardiff.

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  2. Howard Burt16 June 2016 at 19:41

    hi George

    I was able to take some more images of the beast when I found it again in the garage (after releasing it last week), and I have sent some of these to Ian Wallace to see if he can confirm the ID.

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