A net-spinning caddisfly at Greenway, ACT
Identification history
| Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus) | 20 Nov 2017 | Alice | ||
| Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus) | 19 Nov 2017 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Trichoptera sp. (order) | 14 Nov 2016 | KimPullen | ||
| Trichoptera sp. (order) | 13 Nov 2016 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 4 Nov 2016 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
Size - body length 9mm; 100's of small white moth like insects in a nuptial flight over the water at Murrumbidgee River, north of Pine Island.
3 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
13 Nov 2016
This appears to be a similar insect to one reported near Point Hut, see:
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3364955
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3364955
KimPullen
wrote:
15 Nov 2016
Certainly a caddisfly, but may not be the same species. In any case both can be identified for now as simply 'Trichoptera sp.'.
Alice
wrote:
18 Nov 2017
Family Hydropsychidae (larvae spin nets on the down stream side of rocks and stones and collect fine particulate matter on which they feed), probably genus Cheumatopsyche.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.052305-35.423255
- Altitude 545.0m
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 2 Nov 2016 11:38 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Mixed Gender
Species information
- Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A net-spinning caddisfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 545m Recorded at altitude
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