Hydropsyche contubernalis
Length 7 to 14 mm. A caddisfly with a mottled wing pattern. The amount of mottling may vary. This species has a large pale blotch on the distal margin of the forewing.
Around streams and rivers.
May to September.
Larva spins a net amongst gravel in slow moving water to catch food.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
19 June 2013
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
28 June 2013
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
19 June 2013
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
30 May 2014
male -specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
24 July 2012
female - specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Hydropsychidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 42
- First record:
- 28/06/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 03/07/2022 (Cann, Alan)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
19 June 2013
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
19 June 2013
female - specimen examined
