Hydropsyche instabilis
Description
Forewing length 10 or 11 mm. A slightly mottled brown caddisfly.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Streams and rivers.
When to see it
Late April to August.
UK Status
Fairly common in most of Britain.
VC55 Status
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
30 July 2017
female - specimen examined
AJ Cann
Knighton
09 July 2023
AJ Cann
Knighton
09 July 2023
female genitalia
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
30 July 2017
female - specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - caddis fly (Trichoptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Hydropsychidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 31
- First record:
- 15/06/2014 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 09/07/2023 (Cann, Alan)
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