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Net-spinning Caddisflies
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Net-spinning Caddisflies

Hydropsychidae

The Hydropsychidae are a family-level taxon consisting of net-spinning caddisflies. Hydropsychids are common among much of the world's streams, and a few species occupy the shorelines of freshwater lakes. Larvae of the hydropsychids construct nets at the open ends of their dwellings which are responsible for their "net-spinning caddisfly" common name.

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6 branches of this family, most-observed first

Hydropsychinae

subfamilyHydropsychinae

Macronematinae

subfamilyMacronematinae

Smicrideinae

subfamilySmicrideinae

Arctopsychinae

subfamilyArctopsychinae

Diplectroninae

subfamilyDiplectroninae

Maesaipsyche

genusMaesaipsyche

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62163.