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Scientific Name Hydropsyche betteni Seasonality Adults fly from late May to early October. Identification

Male forewings are red-brown, and brown tinted hindwings. The antennae are red-brown, yellow-brown vertex, and a deep red-brown thorax. Male legs are brownish-yellow and red-brown in females. The distal article on…

Male forewings are red-brown, and brown tinted hindwings. The antennae are red-brown, yellow-brown vertex, and a deep red-brown thorax. Male legs are brownish-yellow and red-brown in females. The distal article on the clasper is grooved on the disto-posterior face (Nimmo, 1987).

Read More + Life History Annual(?) Unknown. Conservation Not yet recorded in Alberta. Diet Info Larvae are omnivorous. Range Can be found from Saskatchewan to Arkansas, Georgia and Newfoundland; throughout eastern North America, with extensions into the boreal forest (Nimmo, 1987).