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Scientific Name Polycentropus cinereus Habitat All flowing and standing waters. Seasonality Adults can be found from late May to mid-September. Identification

Adult forewings are a pale browinsh gold and the antennae are dull yellow. Legs are straw coloured with yellow spurs. Male clasper is large and shaped roughly like a parallelogram, with disto mesal dorsal and…

Adult forewings are a pale browinsh gold and the antennae are dull yellow. Legs are straw coloured with yellow spurs. Male clasper is large and shaped roughly like a parallelogram, with disto mesal dorsal and ventral lobes (Nimmo, 1986).

Read More + Life History Annual ? Conservation Very common. Diet Info Larvae are predacious. Range South of the treeline, from Alaska east to Newfoundland and south to Texas (Nimmo, 1986).