order

Coleoptera
“Adult Beetles”

Coleoptera
“Larval Beetles”

Diptera
“True Flies”

Ephemeroptera
“Mayflies”

Hemiptera
“True Bugs”

Lepidoptera
“Aquatic Caterpillars, Snout Moths”

Megaloptera
“Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies”

Odonata
“Dragonflies and Damselflies”

Plecoptera
“Stoneflies”

Trichoptera
“Caddisflies”
family
Hydropsychidae
Arctopsyche
“Net-spinning Caddisflies, Common Netspinners, Seine-net Weavers”
Genus Overview
No genus-level description defined.
Characteristics
POLLUTION TOLERANCE
Southeast: 0
0 = least tolerant, 10 = most tolerant
FEEDING HABITS
Collector / Filterer
MOVEMENT
Clinger
DISTRIBUTION
Widespread (east of the Rocky Mtns.)
HABITAT
Lotic-erosional
Diagnostic Characters
Order

Prolegs With Single Hook
Family

All Nota Sclerotized

Retreat

Setal Fan On Prolegs

Ventral Branched Abdominal Gills
+ Expanded Character List
Order:
Larvae: Wings/wing pads absent. Eye spots present, but compound eyes absent. Antennae usually small, inconspicuous. Three pairs of segmented legs present on thorax. Pair of anal prolegs, each with single hook, located on last abdominal segment. Larvae can be free-living, in silken retreats attached to substrate, or in usually-portable tubes or cases made of sand, rocks, or plant material.
Family:
Pro-, meso-, and metanota entirely covered by sclerites. Ventral side of abdomen with rows of branched gills. Conspicuous tuft or fan of long hairs on each anal proleg. Anal claw with stout apical hook. Larvae building stationary retreats of silk, detritus, and rock fragments and add a silken net for filter feeding.
Genus:
Not defined.

Dorsal