Inconclusive sighting
Long-horned caddisfly at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Identify this sighting
| Leptoceridae sp. (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 26 May 2020 | |
| Insufficient or inconclusive evidence | Alice | 29 Oct 2018 | |
| Triplectides sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 28 Oct 2018 | |
| Unverified | JudithRoach | 1 Oct 2018 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Very long antennae.
13 comments
3 Oct 2018
Wondering if it might be related to stone flies, given it's proximity to the water.
30 Oct 2018
Judith
You did well to get the photo you did. It is a long-horned caddisfly, but one really needs good detail of wings to be able to determine the genus and microscopic examination to determine the species. The larvae are aquatic, and those in this family (Leptoceridae), build and live in tubular cases.
You did well to get the photo you did. It is a long-horned caddisfly, but one really needs good detail of wings to be able to determine the genus and microscopic examination to determine the species. The larvae are aquatic, and those in this family (Leptoceridae), build and live in tubular cases.
30 Oct 2018
Thanks I'll lurk by the pool down there and might be lucky again though there might be not enough to ID it - the microscopic examination would be in the too hard basket of course. A better picture anyway. I've got a good macro I can break out. I need to get a new bigger resolution little already ID'd cricket from the same area so it will be eyes down for a while in the morning before they really get warmed up.
30 Oct 2018
Sounds good! So good luck. Have a look in the water (turn over a few stones or look on any bits of wood) you might find the larvae or pupae. Triplectides larvae usually live in hollowed out sticks that they carry around.
30 Oct 2018
If you can't get any additional information, we can ID it as Trichoptera sp. (order) as we have with other sightings:
See:
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/21474
See:
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/21474
30 Oct 2018
We don't get many caddisfly sightings, so glad to get your interest in them.
30 Oct 2018
I've got a artificial pond, so I'll watch that at home too. Good bug habitat.
Location information
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Oct 2018 09:08 AM Recorded on
- JudithRoach Recorded by
- Few up from next to one of the ponds in the Sanctuary at Tidbinbilla. I wondered if it was associated with the pond. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
Species information
- Leptoceridae sp. (family) Scientific name
- Long-horned caddisfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 710m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
- Images or audio
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location