**Caddisfly Species Agraylea multipunctata (Salt and Pepper Microcaddis)**

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Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

» Family Hydroptilidae (Microcaddisflies)

» Genus Agraylea (Salt and Pepper Microcaddisflies)

» Species multipunctata (Salt and Pepper Microcaddis)

Common Names

Match	Common Name
	Salt and Pepper Microcaddis
	Microcaddis

Where & When

Regions: East, Midwest, West

Time Of Year (?): June and July

Preferred Waters: Lakes, spring creeks

Hatching Behavior

Time Of Day (?): Overnight or dawn

Gary LaFontaine reports in Caddisflies that the emergence of this species occurs overnight but there may be a fishable number of cripples (Cripple: In fly fishing, a cripple is any insect which has been injured or deformed so that it cannot escape the water. This may include stillborn emergers or fully emerged adults which have been damaged, often by wind or waves, so that they can no longer fly. Trout often favor eating crippled insects.) left on the water at dawn.

Larva & Pupa Biology

Substrate: Vegetation

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Jargon Defined:

Cripples: In fly fishing, a cripple is any insect which has been injured or deformed so that it cannot escape the water. This may include stillborn emergers or fully emerged adults which have been damaged, often by wind or waves, so that they can no longer fly. Trout often favor eating crippled insects.

Emergence: The transformation of a nymph or pupa into the adult winged stage of an insect. The term may refer to the emergence of an individual, or the daily or yearly event in which all individuals of a species emerge.

Useful References:

LaFontaine, Gary. 1981. Caddisflies. The Lyons Press.

Swisher, Doug and Carl Richards. 2000. Selective Trout. The Lyons Press.