**Female Dicosmoecus gilvipes (October Caddis) Caddisfly Adult Pictures**

Mayflies

Caddisflies

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

» Class Insecta (Insects)

» Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

» Family Limnephilidae (Northern Caddisflies)

» Genus Dicosmoecus (October Caddisflies)

» Species gilvipes (October Caddis)

I've been hoping to add a really good October Caddis to the photo collection here for years, but so far I had struck out on finding them on the river. Tonight, this one flew into the kitchen during a pizza party at a house along the river, and was quickly pointed out -- one of the perks of hanging out with other aquatic biologists! Maybe next year I can finally get a salmonfly on taco night or something.

This caddisfly was collected from the South Fork Snoqualmie River on September 29th, 2017 and added to Troutnut.com on September 29th, 2017.

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Female Dicosmoecus gilvipes (October Caddis) Caddisfly Adult from the South Fork Snoqualmie River in Washington

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The tick marks here are 1/16th inch. I measured with a caliper that the fore wings were 27 mm long and the body was 21 mm long. Overall length was about 29 mm.

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