Polycentropus weedi

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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 Name Polycentropus weedi Habitat 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 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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"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 08 May. 2024.

Authorship

Name Nimmo, A. P.

Role species page author

Date 2001-09

References

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UASM6484 - Polycentropus weedi

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, McLeod River Collected ByNimmo, A. Date Collected1967-07-05

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