SeasonalityAdults can be found from mid July to early October.IdentificationAdult heads are generally a deep orange-brown and the warts are covered with dense silky hairs. Antennae is two-thirds the body length and the spurs are hairy, overall a hairy insect. Male cercus/segment 10 is co-linear and directed postero-dorsad (Nimmo, 1974).
Scientific NameWormaldia gabriellaSeasonality
Adults can be found from mid July to early October.
Identification
Adult heads are generally a deep orange-brown and the warts are covered with dense silky hairs. Antennae is two-thirds the body length and the spurs are hairy, overall a hairy insect. Male cercus/segment 10 is…
Adult heads are generally a deep orange-brown and the warts are covered with dense silky hairs. Antennae is two-thirds the body length and the spurs are hairy, overall a hairy insect. Male cercus/segment 10 is co-linear and directed postero-dorsad (Nimmo, 1974).
Life History
Annual ?
Conservation
Common.
Diet Info
Larvae are detritivores ?
Range
Extends from Alberta, south to California, Utah and Nevada. In Alberta, it is recorded from the lower mountain valleys and the Great Plains.
Citation
Page Citation for Wormaldia gabriella
Page Citation
"Species Details - Wormaldia gabriella, Freshwater Invertebrate Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/5-2359. Accessed 08 Jan. 2025.
References
AuthorNimmo, A. P.
TitleThe adult Trichoptera (Insecta) of Alberta and eastern British Columbia, and their post-glacial origins. II. The families Glossosomatidae and Philopotamidae.
Publication Date1974
Series TitleQuaestiones Entomologicae
Volume10
Pages315-349
AuthorRoss, Herbert, H.
TitleThe caddis flies, or Trichoptera, of Illinois.
Publication Date1944
Volume23
Pages326
Specimen Information
There are 10 specimens of this Species.
10 results plotted on map in 2 markers. Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.