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Female Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Adult Female Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Adult

Lateral view of a Female Hydropsyche (Hydropsychidae) (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Adult from the Columbia River in Washington

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Identification: Cheumatopsyche

Female Cheumatopsyche (Little Sister Sedge) Caddisfly Adult

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Lateral view of a Female Cheumatopsyche (Hydropsychidae) (Little Sister Sedge) Caddisfly Adult from unknown in Wisconsin

Collected May 15, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin

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Collected May 15, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin and added by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Litobrancha
Knoxville TN

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Litobrancha on Sep 23, 2006September 23rd, 2006, 11:08 am EDT

looks like a cheumatopsyche female.

[edited by Troutnut: added title]

GONZO
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GONZO on Sep 23, 2006September 23rd, 2006, 11:49 am EDT

Nice set of caddisfly identifications, Lito! Help me out with this one. To my layman's eye the shape of the wing indicates Hydropsychidae as the probable family, and the color of the body (absent a size reference) suggests that Cheumatopsyche is the likely genus.

What other cues do you see? Keep in mind that my out-dated Internet Explorer overprints half of the pictures I'm seeing. Thanks.

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Troutnut on Sep 23, 2006September 23rd, 2006, 1:46 pm EDT

Thanks for all the help! I just went through them all and updated the specimens to fit the IDs you gave.

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