Rhyacophila dorsalis
Forewing 10 to 14 mm. The forewing is mottled grey and yellow-brown but very variable in both colour and patterning, and showing a distinct dark diamond shape where the wings meet over the body when at rest.
Stony flowing water ranging from small streams to larger rivers.
May to October in most areas.
Widespread and fairly common in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Elspeth Cranston
Charnwood Forest
16 April 2022
Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
22 August 2023
Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
22 August 2023
David Nicholls
Broughton Astley
04 July 2013
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Rhyacophilidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 7
- First record:
- 08/03/2011 (Woodward, Steve)
- Last record:
- 30/04/2025 (Gray, Stephen)
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Karaokeking19
Broughton Astley Garden
22 August 2023
David Nicholls
Broughton Astley
04 July 2013
nymph (does not build a case)
Elspeth Cranston
Charnwood Forest
16 April 2022
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
26 July 2014
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley Brook
04 July 2013
caseless larva
