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**Caddisfly Genus Nectopsyche (White Millers)**

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Taxonomic Navigation -?-

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

» Family Leptoceridae

» Genus Nectopsyche (White Millers)

Species in Nectopsyche
Nectopsyche albidaWhite Miller	0	0
Nectopsyche diarinaWhite Miller	0	0
Nectopsyche exquisitaWhite Miller	0	0

11 species aren't included.

Common Name

Match	Common Name
	White Millers

Pictures Below ↓

The common name White Miller is usually applied to this entire genus, although it was created for the very prolific species Nectopsyche albida. Some of the other species are darker-colored.

Most of the adult activity, both emergence and egg-laying, takes place during the middle of the night. There is some rare overlap with the low-light hours of dusk and dawn, but this genus really belongs to the night fishermen.

Where & When

Regions: East, Midwest, West

Time Of Year (?): Late July to mid-August in the Upper Midwest

Hatching Behavior

Time Of Day (?): Dusk to dawn

Egg-Laying Behavior

Time Of Day: Dusk to nighttime

Larva & Pupa Biology

Current Speed: Slow

Substrate: Vegetation

Pictures of 1 Caddisfly Specimen in the Genus Nectopsyche:

Nectopsyche (White Millers) Caddisfly Adult

View 1 PicturesThis is Nectopsyche lahontensis.

Collected September 7, 2005 from the Flathead River-lower in Montana
Added to Troutnut.com by Bnewell on June 30, 2011

Recent Discussions of Nectopsyche

Moved from genus level to N. albida

Posted by Entoman on Jun 15, 2014 in the species Nectopsyche albida

It is my understanding that wing maculation is quite distinctive and consistent in this genus thus allowing species identification using this character. This specimen has been at the genus level for many years and somehow slipped through the cracks.;)

Reply White Miller Bug 3 Replies »

Posted by MIKE54 on May 3, 2013 in the species Nectopsyche albida

Last reply on May 4, 2013 by Adirman

Where did the name "White Miller" come from, for the caddis bug in the warm Yellowstone waters? I am not interested in the east coast mayfly with the same name. Thanks, Mike Miller.

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