I made some caddisflies today
February 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I made some caddisflies today
Another Caddisfly larva feeding, this time on a more typical food, scraping algae/biofilm off a dead leaf
Pretty sure this is Limnephilidae
#Pondlife #BugSky #UKWildlife #inverts #Insect #Caddisflies
Pretty sure this is Limnephilidae
#Pondlife #BugSky #UKWildlife #inverts #Insect #Caddisflies
January 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Another Caddisfly larva feeding, this time on a more typical food, scraping algae/biofilm off a dead leaf
Pretty sure this is Limnephilidae
#Pondlife #BugSky #UKWildlife #inverts #Insect #Caddisflies
Pretty sure this is Limnephilidae
#Pondlife #BugSky #UKWildlife #inverts #Insect #Caddisflies
More from the wonderful world of caddisflies 👇
Also @sophiecooper.bsky.social is SO worth a follow!
#nature #wildlife #invertebrates #caddisflies #ponds
Also @sophiecooper.bsky.social is SO worth a follow!
#nature #wildlife #invertebrates #caddisflies #ponds
April 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
More from the wonderful world of caddisflies 👇
Also @sophiecooper.bsky.social is SO worth a follow!
#nature #wildlife #invertebrates #caddisflies #ponds
Also @sophiecooper.bsky.social is SO worth a follow!
#nature #wildlife #invertebrates #caddisflies #ponds
TIL I have caddisflies in my pond!!
April 27, 2026 at 9:44 PM
TIL I have caddisflies in my pond!!
Monday 27th July
One of the smaller Caddisflies (forewing length 6mm) and possibly 'Lype phaeopa' found in the doorway of our tenement (Maryhill)
#caddisflies #invertebrates
One of the smaller Caddisflies (forewing length 6mm) and possibly 'Lype phaeopa' found in the doorway of our tenement (Maryhill)
#caddisflies #invertebrates
July 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Monday 27th July
One of the smaller Caddisflies (forewing length 6mm) and possibly 'Lype phaeopa' found in the doorway of our tenement (Maryhill)
#caddisflies #invertebrates
One of the smaller Caddisflies (forewing length 6mm) and possibly 'Lype phaeopa' found in the doorway of our tenement (Maryhill)
#caddisflies #invertebrates
Now creeping towards the middle of January, and we still have some more #FaveFour2024 to post. This time it’s Caddisflies.
Mystacides azurea
Chaetopteryx villosa
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Limnephilus lunatus
#caddisflies #ento #UKwildlife
Mystacides azurea
Chaetopteryx villosa
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Limnephilus lunatus
#caddisflies #ento #UKwildlife
January 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Now creeping towards the middle of January, and we still have some more #FaveFour2024 to post. This time it’s Caddisflies.
Mystacides azurea
Chaetopteryx villosa
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Limnephilus lunatus
#caddisflies #ento #UKwildlife
Mystacides azurea
Chaetopteryx villosa
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Limnephilus lunatus
#caddisflies #ento #UKwildlife
little snails and!!! my most favorite, ✨caddisflies✨
March 22, 2026 at 3:42 AM
little snails and!!! my most favorite, ✨caddisflies✨
Caddisflies caddisflies caddisflies!
NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯
A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛
Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
April 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Caddisflies caddisflies caddisflies!
Mushi yoku by the banks of the River Stour in Blandford Forum - lots of mating caddisflies (Sericostoma personatum)
May 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Mushi yoku by the banks of the River Stour in Blandford Forum - lots of mating caddisflies (Sericostoma personatum)
Not sure which of my coworkers titled this picture in our reference collection but I’m a big fan
April 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Not sure which of my coworkers titled this picture in our reference collection but I’m a big fan
Our paper on ancestral conditions of caddisflies (described in the quoted post) is now out!
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
December 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Our paper on ancestral conditions of caddisflies (described in the quoted post) is now out!
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
Small #caddisflies that could be micro-moths are still something I pot. My eyes aren't quite ready to work in the mornings, so even though I can see how they resemble caddisflies in shape, it's always a blur, so I start to question my initial conclusion.
#bycatch #macromonday #bugsky #insects
#bycatch #macromonday #bugsky #insects
May 25, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Small #caddisflies that could be micro-moths are still something I pot. My eyes aren't quite ready to work in the mornings, so even though I can see how they resemble caddisflies in shape, it's always a blur, so I start to question my initial conclusion.
#bycatch #macromonday #bugsky #insects
#bycatch #macromonday #bugsky #insects
Caddisflies (Trichoptera) are usually found near lakes, ponds, and streams. Their larvae are aquatic and most build cases to conceal and protect themselves. Although adults resemble moths and fly at night, their wings are covered in hairs instead of scales. Palmyra Michigan, 29 Sep 2014.
December 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Caddisflies (Trichoptera) are usually found near lakes, ponds, and streams. Their larvae are aquatic and most build cases to conceal and protect themselves. Although adults resemble moths and fly at night, their wings are covered in hairs instead of scales. Palmyra Michigan, 29 Sep 2014.
Sorting samples today from Honduras. These are some of the most delicate cased caddisflies (Trichoptera) I’ve come across.
They construct them using tiny stones held together by silk produced from modified salivary glands
@opwallscience.bsky.social
They construct them using tiny stones held together by silk produced from modified salivary glands
@opwallscience.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Sorting samples today from Honduras. These are some of the most delicate cased caddisflies (Trichoptera) I’ve come across.
They construct them using tiny stones held together by silk produced from modified salivary glands
@opwallscience.bsky.social
They construct them using tiny stones held together by silk produced from modified salivary glands
@opwallscience.bsky.social
🧵 There's this amazing figure depicting the evolution of caddisflies from a 1939 paper by Margery and Lorus Milne. It captured my imagination as an undergraduate and helped influence me to study caddisflies. #scientificillustration
January 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🧵 There's this amazing figure depicting the evolution of caddisflies from a 1939 paper by Margery and Lorus Milne. It captured my imagination as an undergraduate and helped influence me to study caddisflies. #scientificillustration
this is crazy I had no idea there were marine caddisflies, let alone ones that laid their eggs in sea stars?
May 17, 2026 at 10:37 AM
this is crazy I had no idea there were marine caddisflies, let alone ones that laid their eggs in sea stars?
Caddisflies (Trichoptera) are usually found near lakes, ponds, and streams. Their larvae are aquatic and most build cases to conceal and protect themselves. Although adults resemble moths and fly at night, their wings are covered in hairs instead of scales. Palmyra Michigan, 29 Sep 2014.
July 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Caddisflies (Trichoptera) are usually found near lakes, ponds, and streams. Their larvae are aquatic and most build cases to conceal and protect themselves. Although adults resemble moths and fly at night, their wings are covered in hairs instead of scales. Palmyra Michigan, 29 Sep 2014.
Mothing with my daughter has taught me to appreciate caddisflies more!
July 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Mothing with my daughter has taught me to appreciate caddisflies more!
Gorgeous 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱. Caddisfly seen in the woods
#Invertebrates #insects #bugs #Caddisflies #Trichoptera
#Invertebrates #insects #bugs #Caddisflies #Trichoptera
February 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Gorgeous 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱. Caddisfly seen in the woods
#Invertebrates #insects #bugs #Caddisflies #Trichoptera
#Invertebrates #insects #bugs #Caddisflies #Trichoptera
Maybe the caddisflies that make them like little lincoln logs
December 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Maybe the caddisflies that make them like little lincoln logs
I'm quite interested in the avant-garde movement of the New Caddisflies actually? They're building beautiful as well as functional architecture from human detritus specifically -- iridescent plastic beads from discarded friendship bracelets, crumbled concrete to stay submerged in fast-flowing water.
When we learned to speak with bugs, we discovered they're very fond of the Arts. Ants write endlessly dense novels of political intrigue, cicadas are pioneers of heavy metal, and dung beetles are obsessed with sculpture. Whose art most fascinates you?
#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
July 2, 2024 at 6:29 PM
I'm quite interested in the avant-garde movement of the New Caddisflies actually? They're building beautiful as well as functional architecture from human detritus specifically -- iridescent plastic beads from discarded friendship bracelets, crumbled concrete to stay submerged in fast-flowing water.