These Rhyacophila look frozen in time. Really they’re not frozen at all. They&rsq
These Rhyacophila look frozen in time. Really they’re not frozen at all. They’re just really sleepy from a nice cool ethanol bath. So so sleepy. (Order: Trichoptera, Family: Rhyacophilidae) This particular family of Trichoptera are free-living, unlike the vast majority of caddisflies which build homes/cases to live in. Free-living caddisflies from the family Rhyacophilidae are typically found in fast-moving mountain streams. These were collected in a short, but fast stream connecting two lakes in the Adirondack preserve. They crawl around underneath rocks, using silk to anchor them to the substrate. -- source link
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