Limnephilus hirsutus
Forewing length 10 to 12 mm. A medium sized plain yellow-brown caddis which is similar to several other species.
Small, bare muddy trickles and ditches.
April to September.
Widespread but rather local in distribution in Britain.
Occasional and with localised distribution in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Dave Gamble
Leicester Forest East garden
28 September 2020
Dave Gamble
Leicester Forest East garden
28 September 2020
Dave Gamble
Leicester Forest East garden
28 September 2020
Graham Calow
The Grange Fields, Broughton Astley
05 June 2015
female - specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Limnephilidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 7
- First record:
- 27/07/2014 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 03/10/2022 (Cann, Alan)
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