Phryganeidae

Giant Casemaker Caddisflies

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Trichoptera

Family: Phryganeidae

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Phryganeidae

Phryganeidae

Larva (crawled out of its case)

Merrimack County, NH

Date: 2010-04-29

Phryganeidae

Larva (on its case)

Merrimack County, NH

Date: 2010-04-29