Caddisfly Family Apataniidae (Early Smoky Wing Sedges)

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

» Family Apataniidae (Early Smoky Wing Sedges)

Genus in Apataniidae
ApataniaEarly Smoky Wing Sedges	3	16

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Early Smoky Wing Sedges

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This family contains one sometimes important genus, Apatania. Until recently it was classified in the Limnephilidae family.

Pictures of 3 Caddisfly Specimens in the Family Apataniidae:

Apatania (Early Smoky Wing Sedges) Caddisfly Adult

View 7 PicturesThis one actually had a medium tan body when it emerged. By the time I took the picture it was dark as night. I was actually looking through my box of specimens trying to figure out where that tan one I caught disappeared to. Then I realized this is it.

Collected May 15, 2007 from the West Branch of the Delaware River in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 18, 2007

Apatania (Early Smoky Wing Sedges) Caddisfly Adult

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Collected May 13, 2007 from the West Branch of the Delaware River in New York
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on May 18, 2007

Apatania (Early Smoky Wing Sedges) Caddisfly Nymph

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Collected April 15, 2010 from the Jocko River in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 27, 2011

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