Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus)
A net-spinning caddisfly at Greenway, ACT
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| Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus) | Alice | 20 Nov 2017 | |
| Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 19 Nov 2017 | |
| Trichoptera (order) | KimPullen | 14 Nov 2016 | |
| Trichoptera (order) | MichaelBedingfield | 13 Nov 2016 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 4 Nov 2016 |
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User's notes
Size - body length 9mm; 100's of small white moth like insects in a nuptial flight over the water at Murrumbidgee River, north of Pine Island.
3 comments
13 Nov 2016
This appears to be a similar insect to one reported near Point Hut, see:
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3364955
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3364955
15 Nov 2016
Certainly a caddisfly, but may not be the same species. In any case both can be identified for now as simply 'Trichoptera sp.'.
18 Nov 2017
Family Hydropsychidae (larvae spin nets on the down stream side of rocks and stones and collect fine particulate matter on which they feed), probably genus Cheumatopsyche.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.052305-35.423255
- Altitude 545.0m
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 2 Nov 2016 11:38 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Mixed Gender
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- Insects Other insects Caddisflies (Trichoptera) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus)
Species information
- Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A net-spinning caddisfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 545m Recorded at altitude
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