Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus)

A net-spinning caddisfly at Greenway, ACT

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Identification history

Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus)	20 Nov 2017	Alice
Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus)	19 Nov 2017	MichaelBedingfield
Trichoptera (order)	14 Nov 2016	KimPullen
Trichoptera (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.

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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

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
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Insects Other insects Caddisflies (Trichoptera)

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 or negligible
Up to 545m Recorded at altitude
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