Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.
This wild-looking little thing completely puzzled me. At first I was thinking beetle or month larva, until I got a look at the pictures on the computer screen. I made a couple of incorrect guesses before entomologist Greg Courtney pointed me in the right direction with Psychodidae. He suggested a possible genus of Thornburghiella, but could not rule out some other members of the tribe Pericomini.
Willmilne on Jun 22, 2008June 22nd, 2008, 3:38 am EDT
Hi
I was hoping somone might offer an ID on this Caddis. Approx. 25mm long excluding antennae . Collected two days ago in Manitoba Canada on a large river system. I looked at Lafontaine's Caddisflies and elsewhere with no definitive luck.