Agapetus fuscipes
Forewing dark greyish brown with yellow hairs. Forewing length 4 to 6 mm.
Stony bottomed flowing water, ranging from small trickles to larger rivers, but more common in smaller water bodies.
April to October. Adults day flying, not usually attracted to light.
Fairly common and widespread in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley Brook
04 July 2013
male - specimen examined
Dave Gamble
Leicester Forest East garden
08 May 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Caddisflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trichoptera
- Family:
- Glossosomatidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 09/06/2010 (Woodward, Steve)
- Last record:
- 25/06/2020 (Gamble, David)
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