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kasiaaus
wrote:
4 Aug 2025
Thanks Alice. I get a lot of different caddisflies coming to my light.
Trichoptera (order)
Alice
wrote:
4 Aug 2025
Certainly order Trichoptera, and with ocelli ('eye spots') on the head, 5 segmented maxillary palpi with terminal segment not flexible, and given size of 5 to 12 mm, probably family Hydrobiosidae.
Larvae in this family are predatory and don't build cases until ready to pupate, when they build cases using coarse sand grains, usually under stones or in crevices in rocks.
Very nice image.
Larvae in this family are predatory and don't build cases until ready to pupate, when they build cases using coarse sand grains, usually under stones or in crevices in rocks.
Very nice image.
Trichoptera (order)
Frecko
wrote:
12 Jul 2025
Thanks, will bear that it mind
Unverified Termite (superfamily Termitoidea)
DonFletcher
wrote:
12 Jul 2025
Hi @Frecko these look to be all worker termites. For any hope of photo ID, soldiers are needed. Some people can ID workers, but I think you need dead ones and a microscope.
Unverified Termite (superfamily Termitoidea)
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