Caddisfly?

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Outside
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Caddisfly?

#1 Post by Outside » Thu May 11, 2023 4:35 pm

Found this attached to some bladderwort in a swamp today. Looks like there could be multiple worm like organisms. The video thumbnail shows the overall look with a cell phone macro lense but the video is 100x microscope view.

https://youtu.be/GUvfpWiBS2c

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Re: Caddisfly?

#2 Post by Outside » Fri May 12, 2023 10:39 am

Here are two more videos. In the second one, looks like it uses a foot to move around and that's the video I got the thumbnail on the first video from.

https://youtu.be/_XFlmmhZCJY

https://youtube.com/shorts/I5u2FDcA4ko?feature=share

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Re: Caddisfly?

#3 Post by sreynolds » Thu May 18, 2023 12:52 am

You might get a copy of Freshwater Invertebrates of North America by J. Reese Voshell, Jr - it will tell you how to identify a caddis worm. A good on-line reference to aquatic macroinvertebrates is here
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Re: Caddisfly?

#4 Post by Outside » Thu May 18, 2023 9:50 pm

Thanks for the tip. I think it's Dero vaga.

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