Netspinning-caddisfly
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Arctopsyche
Great Gray Spotted Sedges
Arctopsyche is a genus of netspinning caddisflies in the family Hydropsychidae, comprising more than 20 described species. Larvae construct and maintain capture nets throughout the year to filter food from flowing water. The genus exhibits life cycle flexibility, with documented univoltine and semivoltine patterns depending on environmental conditions. Species occur in lotic habitats across the Holarctic region.
Cheumatopsyche analis
Cheumatopsyche analis is a species of netspinning caddisfly in the family Hydropsychidae. It belongs to a genus known for constructing fixed capture nets in flowing water to filter food particles. The species has been documented in the Nearctic region, including Hawaii. As a member of the Hydropsychidae, it participates in freshwater food webs as both a filter-feeder larva and a flying adult.
Hydropsyche
Spotted Sedges
Hydropsyche is a large genus of netspinning caddisflies comprising at least 260 described species worldwide. Larvae construct fixed capture nets across flowing water to filter food particles, a behavior that defines the family Hydropsychidae. The genus exhibits substantial diversity in the Aegean region and Mediterranean, with numerous endemic species on Greek islands. Both larvae and adults have been extensively studied for their morphological characteristics, respiratory physiology, and responses to aquatic hypoxia.
Macrostemum zebratum
Zebra Caddisfly
Macrostemum zebratum, commonly known as the zebra caddisfly, is a species of netspinning caddisfly in the family Hydropsychidae. It is a medium to large caddisfly recognized by its distinctive patterned wings. As a member of the Hydropsychidae, it constructs silk capture nets in flowing water to filter food particles.
Parapsyche elsis
Parapsyche elsis is a netspinning caddisfly in the family Hydropsychidae, first described by Milne in 1936. It is one of five western North American species in the genus Parapsyche. The species has been documented through adult females, pupae, and larvae, with morphological descriptions and identification keys available in taxonomic literature.
Smicridea dispar
Smicridea dispar is a species of netspinning caddisfly in the family Hydropsychidae, originally described by Banks in 1905 as Polycentropus dispar. It belongs to the order Trichoptera, an aquatic insect order whose larvae are commonly known as caddisflies. The species is documented from North America. As a member of Hydropsychidae, its larvae likely construct fixed retreats with capture nets in flowing water, though specific behavioral details for this species remain limited.
Smicridea signata
netspinning caddisfly
Smicridea signata is a species of netspinning caddisfly in the family Hydropsychidae. The species is found in North America and belongs to the Smicridea (Smicridea) fasciatella species group, which is characterized by a phallic apparatus that is a simple tube with eversible internal sclerites at the apex. The fasciatella group has a broad distribution from the southwestern USA through Central America, the Greater Antilles, and most of South America.