Limnephilus flavicornis
Length 11 to 17 mm. A very pale species, often with a greasy appearance. Forewings narrow with an almost straight front edge and sharply truncated at the tip.
Margins of small ponds and pools (even temporary ones).
May to July and August to November with a summer diapause.
Breeds mainly in small ponds, the larva making a case of various materials arranged in a criss-cross fashion.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain except in upland Scotland.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
25 October 2013
male
Andy's Rutland
Empingham garden
23 May 2023
David Nicholls
Battram SUD ponds
13 September 2022
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
02 September 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
07 September 2012
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Croft Hill Lake
01 April 2014
larva - specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Limnephilidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 53
- First record:
- 14/09/2008 (Gamble, David)
- Last record:
- 22/10/2023 (Graves, Hazel)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
02 October 2012
male - specimen examined
