At a large glass storefront this morning I saw several of the same caddis and just wondered if anyone has the name for it. Each insect had a very light or pale olive body that was thin and about 5/8 of an inch long. The wings were tranlucent and just a shade lighter than the body. They were about 1-1/2 times the body in length and about 3 times the body’s thickness in height. The insects had 2 brownish antennae. I have never seen this caddis before.
Allan
Allan-
Accurately identifying an adult caddisfly from your description would be unlikely. Even keying one to family requires such observations as: whether mesoscutum has setal warts; whether ocelli are present, number of segments in maxillary palp; whether fore tibia has a preapical spur; relative length of antennal scape, and many other observations, mostly requiring microscopic examination.
Taxon
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Taxon, RW here
Huh?!
“We fish for pleasure; I for mine, you for yours.” -James Leisenring on fishing the wet fly-
Taxon, you took the words right out of my mouth. heheheheh!
WHAT WAS THAT YOU SAID?!?!
I fly fish the salt because the voices in my head tell me to…
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HEY TAXON!!!
Language like THAT is ABSOLUTELY UNCALLED FOR. There ARE children here at times. Kindly adjust language and attitude accordingly!
Mark
PS: Must be hell to have Bill Gates as a neighbor.
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Taxon:
great website!!! Thanks.
Dr Bob
Taxon,
Thanks for that insightful reply G.
RW - Sounds like a ‘Yogi-ism’ to me.
Allan
RW & cabill-
mesoscutum - medial, posterior, and dorsal area of the mesothorax of caddisfly adults
setal warts ? somewhat dome-shaped setal bearing structure
ocelli ? simple eyes consisting of a single beadlike lens
maxillary palp - segmented finger-like appendage attached to the maxilla
preapical spur ? hair-like spine occurring just before apex
scape ? first segment on antenna
medial - at or toward the midline of the body
posterior - hind part of the body
dorsal - pertaining to the top or upper surface
mesothorax - second (middle) thoracic segment
setal - pertaining to sclerotized hair-like projections
maxilla - second pair of jaws of mandiblulate insects
Mark-
I will try. Out of sight, out of mind!
Dr Bob-
Thank you.
Allan-
You are welcome.
Taxon
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Okay, now that Taxon has cleared that up, can anyone suggest what pattern name this caddis goes by? That is, other than possibly ‘size 12, light or pale olive caddis’.
Allan
Allen,
Now that Taxon has explained the makeup of some kinda bug… all we have to do is match the material to each segment of the caddis. Let’s see now, what material to use to imitate setal warts…
I fly fish the salt because the voices in my head tell me to…
caibill,
Excellent point G
Allan
Allan,
Next time you see some, taste them and let me know what they tast like. Then I can probably tell you what kind they are!
Dennis ~BadBug~
Never, I say Never put setal warts on your flies. Don’t you know they’re catchy???
I thought you get them from toads!
I agree with taxon, what ever it was that he said. Anybody that knows those kinds of words has to be right!
Les, RW here
Help! We need big words in a hurry. Anything to do with the genetic makeup of mayflies would be a big help. We can’t let
Taxon get over on us without puttin up a fight.
Later, RW
“We fish for pleasure; I for mine, you for yours.” -James Leisenring on fishing the wet fly-
gee, taxon, i sure am glad you cleared that up for us laymen…
The insect you described in all probability is not a caddis of any sort.
tyeflies;
If you were lucky enough to get your hands on the Emtomology File disks that F.A.O.L. sent out to interested parties. I think you will find the fly on Plate #2 Fly #7. From what I see on the disks.It is represented by a Quill Gordon or Western Quill Gordon. Hope this helps. Have Fun. Jax