Ecnomus tenellus
Length 4 to 6 mm. A fairly small caddis with a mottled brown appearance and wings slightly marked with darker blotches. Front tibia 3 spurred.
Around still or slow moving water, but also attracted to light.
June to September.
Larvae associated with freshwater sponges.
Scattered records mostly from southern England the Midlands and southern Wales.
Occasional or under recorded in VC55 - The first VC55 records for this species were from Loughborough in 2009 and then the 2011 records from Sapcote.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
06 July 2013
female - specimen examined
egaten
Thurlaston garden
11 July 2023
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
06 July 2013
female - specimen examined
egaten
Thurlaston garden
16 June 2022
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Ecnomidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 16
- First record:
- 25/07/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 13/07/2023 (Higgott, Mike)
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