#caddisflies — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #caddisflies, aggregated by home.social.
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One of the few insects expected to be on the wing here this time of year: Snow Sedges, genus Psychoglypha, a genus of northern caddisflies.
Caddisflies are closely related to butterflies and moths. Their larvae are aquatic and can be indicative of good water quality. They are also some of the favorite food of American Dippers!
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I just spent three nights camping at #BirdLife Australia's #Gluepot Reserve in the #mallee of #SouthAustralia.
Tenperatures were reaching 37/38 C, and it's very dry there. The reserve has a small dam, but no other open water. The #MurrayRiver is about 40 km to the south.
But the #insects that appeared at night were primarily #freshwater species - lots of #CaddisFlies (#Trichoptera), #Chironomidae and #BackSwimmers (#Notonectidae).
This video shows the insects attracted to a #LepiLED UV light. If these mostly originated down at the river, the insect #biomass streaming up across this region (wind-blown?) is absolutely staggering.
There were also LOTS of #microbats everywhere, and the stars were incredible.
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Caddisfly, Athripsodes albifrons Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/2.8 1/250 iso: 540 Srbsko, Czech Republic ,#Caddisflies, #Insects #Invertebrates #sedgeflies #Casebearers #Wetlands
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Excellent day sampling the #Stellako #River (British Columbia) for #aquatic #insects yesterday. Tons of #stoneflies, #mayflies, and #caddisflies.
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Now let's talk about moths. Nearly 100 years ago there was a major breakthrough in our understanding of #butterfly #wing patterns. The majority of #Lepidoptera aren't #butterflies, they're #moths. How do butterfly wings fit in with broader wing pattern #evolution in this order?
I found that the relationship between wing pattern & wing #venation in moths is so iron-clad that I was able to predict—and then find—a wing #vein in Lepidoptera that was previously known only from #caddisflies.
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