Limnephilus auricula
Length 10 to 12 mm. A medium sized golden brown caddis fly with some paler wing markings.
Temporary pools, ditches and marshes.
Adult: May to October. It is attracted to light.
Breeds in marshes and pond edges that dry up over summer. The adult lays in autumn and larvae overwinter.
Quite frequent and widespread in Britain.
Quite frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
22 April 2014
male - specimen examined
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
03 May 2020
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
22 April 2014
male - specimen examined
Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
05 April 2024
Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
04 May 2023
Male genitalia matches with book
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Limnephilidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 111
- First record:
- 23/05/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 05/11/2024 (Gaten, Ted)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
22 April 2014
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
28 July 2013
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
24 September 2011
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
11 June 2013
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
10 May 2016
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
20 May 2013
male - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
08 May 2014
male - specimen examined
