Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
Insects of Cedar Creek
Order TRICHOPTERA
Family PHILOPOTAMIDAE
(Finger-net Caddisflies)
Finger-net Caddisfly larvae (42 NA spp) form finger-shaped fishing-nets attached to stones in rapidly flowing streams. Minnesota genera--Chimarra(4), Dolophilodes(1), Wormaldia(1). This Family unlikely to occur at CCNHA.
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Last updated May, 2000