Caddisflies are another flying insect at the moment,by day and night, it is attracted to light at doors and windows.I would describe it as having elongated teardrop shaped wings ,long antennae and big eyes.There are nearly 200 species in the British Isles,they can be told apart by the number of spurs on its legs and the type of larva case it spends its larval stage in.
CADISFLY LARVA (Glyphotaelius pellucidus)
The larva live in still and slow moving water in cases made of leaves and other debris.The small white threadlike appendages on the sides are gills so that it can breathe under water.This photo was taken in Febuary 2010.
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