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**Caddisfly Genus Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges)**

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

» Family Hydropsychidae

» Genus Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges)

Species in Hydropsyche
Hydropsyche aenigmaSpotted Sedge	1	18
Hydropsyche alternansSpotted Sedge	0	0
Hydropsyche betteniSpotted Sedge	0	0
Hydropsyche bidensSpotted Sedge	0	0
Hydropsyche bifidaSpotted Sedge	0	0
Hydropsyche brontaSpotted Sedge	0	0
Hydropsyche californicaSpotted Sedge	1	5
Hydropsyche cockerelliSpotted Sedge	0	0
Hydropsyche occidentalisSpotted Sedge	0	0
Hydropsyche oslariSpotted Sedge	0	0
Hydropsyche simulansSpotted Sedge	0	0
Hydropsyche slossonaeSpotted Sedge	0	0
Hydropsyche sparnaSpotted Sedge	0	0
Hydropsyche vexaSpotted Sedge	0	0

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Common Name

Match	Common Name
	Spotted Sedges

Pictures Below ↓

This is page 2 of specimens of Hydropsyche. Visit the main Hydropsyche page for:

The behavior and habitat of Hydropsyche.

Pictures of 11 Caddisfly Specimens in the Genus Hydropsyche:

Specimen Page:12

Female Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges) Caddisfly Adult

View 4 Pictures

Collected May 16, 2004 from unknown in Wisconsin
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on January 25, 2006

Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges) Caddisfly Larva

View 1 PicturesThis genus can get incredibly abundant especially below dams.This specimen shows the two sclerotized bars needed to identify it to genus. These usually curl up like this one when preserved.

Collected June 12, 2007 from the Flathead River-lower in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 26, 2011

Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges) Caddisfly Adult

View 11 PicturesI haven't keyed this specimen out, but I am instead placing it in Hydropsyche based on the striking visual similarity to this one, which I did key out.

Collected June 30, 2019 from the Madison River in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 17, 2019

Male Hydropsyche occidentalis (Spotted Sedge) Caddisfly Adult

View 6 PicturesDave Ruiter identified this specimen from pictures as Hydropsyche occidentalis.

Collected June 30, 2019 from the Madison River in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on July 17, 2019

Female Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges) Caddisfly Adult

View 7 PicturesThis species was really common along the Henry's Fork at the end of July. I photographed it along with a male that appears to be the same species, and another male of the same genus but a seemingly different, less common (on this day) species.

Collected July 31, 2020 from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on August 17, 2020

Male Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges) Caddisfly Adult

View 8 Pictures

Collected July 31, 2020 from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on August 16, 2020

Male Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges) Caddisfly Adult

View 5 PicturesThis was identified by Dave Ruiter as Hydropsyche californica or Hydropsyche occidentalis, but the characteristics were not clear enough to tell them apart.

Collected August 11, 2018 from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on June 12, 2019

Male Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges) Caddisfly Adult

View 8 PicturesThis species was really common along the Henry's Fork at the end of July. I photographed it along with a female that appears to be the same species, and another male of the same genus but a seemingly different, less common (on this day) species.

Collected July 31, 2020 from the Henry's Fork of the Snake River in Idaho
Added to Troutnut.com by Troutnut on August 16, 2020

Specimen Page:12

Caddisfly Genus Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges)

Pictures of 11 Caddisfly Specimens in the Genus Hydropsyche:

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**Caddisfly Genus Hydropsyche (Spotted Sedges)**