Zebra Caddis Fly
20 June
Sometimes, Whilst Out Walking, the wildlife come to find us as somewhere to settle for a moment. Like this Zebra Caddisfly (Macrostemum zebratum) seen along the river in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. An insect that lays eggs in fast water over stony bottoms
Caddisflys (which are not “flies”) are usually thought of as the ones whose aquatic larvae construct a defensive home by gluing small pieces of grit into a tube but this one spins a silk trap net in rocky cracks to snag food particles that float downstream, poking the front end of their body out of their retreat periodically to check their catch.
I tried to take a pic of this Caddis fly in our garden, if it was one?The white and black markings were very similar.
That's a very handsome caddis fly and interesting that it spins a silk trap net.