Athripsodes aterrimus
Length 7 to 10 mm. Members of this family have just 2 spurs on the hind tibia and very long antennae, especially in the males. It is a plain but variable caddisfly colour may range through various shades of brown to almost black.
Ponds, lakes and slow rivers.
May to September.
Larvae found in ponds etc.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Occasional but possibly under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
09 July 2013
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
11 July 2013
female - specimen examined
stepgray4
Wymeswold Garden
17 May 2022
Dave Gamble
Leicester Forest East garden
28 May 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Leptoceridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 23
- First record:
- 26/06/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 09/08/2023 (Higgott, Mike)
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