SeasonalityAdults can be found from mid-June to mid-August.IdentificationAdult forewings are light golden brown with no apparent patterns, hingwings are faintly tinted golden brown, especially distally. Vertex of the head is orange-brown and the antennae are brown. Legs are dull brown with light brown spurs. The lower mesal face of the male cercus is a strongly dentate blade directed ventrad (Nimmo, 1986).
Scientific NamePolycentropus weediHabitat
Flowing and standing waters?
Seasonality
Adults can be found from mid-June to mid-August.
Identification
Adult forewings are light golden brown with no apparent patterns, hingwings are faintly tinted golden brown, especially distally. Vertex of the head is orange-brown and the antennae are brown. Legs are dull brown…
Adult forewings are light golden brown with no apparent patterns, hingwings are faintly tinted golden brown, especially distally. Vertex of the head is orange-brown and the antennae are brown. Legs are dull brown with light brown spurs. The lower mesal face of the male cercus is a strongly dentate blade directed ventrad (Nimmo, 1986).
Life History
Annual ?
Conservation
Uncommon.
Diet Info
Larvae are predacious.
Range
From eastern Ontario, south to Newfoundland, Maine and Minnesota. Only one record each in British Columbia and Alberta.
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Page Citation for Polycentropus weedi
Page Citation
"Species Details - Polycentropus weedi, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2404. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
References
AuthorNimmo, A. P.
TitleThe adult Polycentropodidae of Canada and adjacent United States.
Publication Date1986
Series TitleQuaestiones Entomologicae
Volume22
Pages143-252
Specimen Information
There is 1 specimen of this Species.
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