Cyrnus flavidus
Forewing length 6 to 9 mm. A pale yellowish species.
Still and slow-flowing water.
May to September.
Widespread in Britain, though less frequent in the southwest of England.
Seems to be uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland. The Sapcote record of 2013 is the first time this species has been recorded in our area since the 1980s.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
28 August 2013
male - specimen examined
Elspeth Cranston
Shepshed Garden
30 August 2022
Elspeth Cranston
Shepshed Garden
30 August 2022
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Polycentropodidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 28/08/2013 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 30/08/2022 (Cranston, Elspeth)
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