Cedar Creek
Natural History Area

Insects of Cedar Creek

Order TRICHOPTERA

Family POLYCENTROPODIDAE

(Trumpet-net Caddisflies)

(Table of Species)

Trumpet-net Caddisfly larvae (68 NA spp) construct variable-shaped non-portable silken tubes. They occur in most aquatic habitats. Minnesota genera--Cyrnellus(2), Neureclipsis(3), Nyctiophylax(4), Phylocentropus(1), Polycentropus(15).

jhaar@lter.umn.edu Last updated May, 2000