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Light Shadflies



This common name refers to only one species.

Caddisfly Species Brachycentrus appalachia

These are sometimes called Light Shadflies.
This is a "wind-shield wiper" hatch -- it slows traffic on the freeway which winds through the valleys of several famous trout streams in the Catskills, which have thick hatches of the Apple Caddis in the Spring.

The common name comes from the bright apple-green color of its abdomen.
Brachycentrus appalachia (Apple Caddis) Caddisfly AdultBrachycentrus appalachia (Apple Caddis) Caddisfly Adult View 13 PicturesI captured this specimen in the same color as this photograph, during its egg-laying flight. The emergers are much lighter.
Collected May 13, 2007 from in
Added to Troutnut.com by on May 18, 2007
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