Southern Marsh Orchids

Southern Marsh Orchids

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Caddisflies in Creigiau

I don't usually bother with caddisflies - mainly because I very rarely mange to ID them! However, if any turn up that look to have sufficient detail to give me a chance then I like to have a go.

Recently, these three have been regular visitors. The first I am reasonably confident is Limnephilus lunatus. The other two I am not confident about at all. One could be a Hydropsyche species, possibly contubernalis and the other possibly a Stenophylax species?

Confirmation/correction gratefully requested.




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  1. VC41Moths17 September 2014 at 15:49

    Hi Howard. No problem with the Limnephilus. I wouldn't be prepared to say more on the other two without a close-up of the tip of the abdomen, preferably side on - not easy on a live insect!

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  2. Howard Burt23 October 2014 at 23:44

    Thanks Dave. The very reason why I usually discard the caddisflies ...

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