Agrypnia varia
Length 12 to 18 mm. A fairly large and attractive caddisfly with a mottled black and white appearance and banded legs.
Adults in high summer and sometimes attracted to light.
Larvae are tube case makers and can be found in ponds and lakes.
Fairly frequent and widely distributed in Britain.
Only a handful of records from Leicestershire and Rutland in the last 30 years, but it is probably under recorded.
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
21 July 2018
Graham Calow
Sapcote
03 August 2013
Andy's Rutland
Empingham garden
21 August 2018
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
23 August 2013
Andy's Rutland
Empingham garden
21 August 2018
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Phryganeidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 11
- First record:
- 10/07/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 27/08/2024 (Graves, Hazel)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
10 July 2011
male - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
12 August 2011
specimen examined - came to light
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
21 July 2018
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
10 July 2011
male - specimen examined
