Limnephilus sparsus
Length 10 to 13 mm. A very dark brown caddisfly with paler spots on the wing.
Temporary puddles, pools, marshes and pond edges.
May to June and August to October with a summer diapause.
Widespread and fairly common in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
03 October 2013
specimen examined
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
09 May 2021
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
22 September 2011
male
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
23 September 2011
male
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
09 May 2021
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Limnephilidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 20
- First record:
- 23/08/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 01/10/2023 (Cranston, Elspeth)
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Hazel Graves
Loughborough Garden
20 August 2023
