Unknown insect Perthshire (1 Viewer)

[delia todd]

Can anyone tell me what insect this is that found itself on a window ledge inside the building back in September?

Caddisfly

I found this on one of the windows round my flat in early September. Never seen anything like this here before, not a clue where to start looking for an ID, so over to you clever lot. Now identified by @mummmymonkey and @Rother Birder in the...

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[mummymonkey]

Caddisfly I think

 

[Rotherbirder]

Agree; already commented on your gallery entry.

RB

 

[KC Foggin]

Good Lord! I just looked up Caddisfly and there are over 14,000 described species,

 

[delia todd]

Oh! Thanks so much.

My vague memoris of caddisfly is seeing the larva (I think) all wrapped around with little stones LOL (or is that a false memory LOL). At the bottom of a river.

I wonder how that arrived then, there's no water very close to my flat. The river is about 1/2 mile away with lots of houses in between.

 

[delia todd]

I cross-posted with you KC... took me too long to write that.

Gosh... 14,000 of them!!! Amazing.

 

[KC Foggin]

14,000 different species of this insect D.

Who knows how many of each of the species there are.

 

[delia todd]

LOL KC.... I did know what you meant..

 

[KC Foggin]

Okay, sorry about that D

 

[delia todd]

No worries lass