Wing Span 2 1/2 " (64 mm)
Caddis Flies are similar to moths They fly at night and have hairs on their wings There is aprox 190 species in Britain < This sspecies is the largest > the Adukt rarely lives more than a week and with the exception of one species spend their larval stage (like The Mayfly) in water , usually in a distinguhed spiral protective case they build from pieces of leaf , shells, tiny gravel and other plant debris. Such larvae supplement the diet of many Fish. They are omvivorous and can like most larva can be voracious with a capability of taking small fish
Still or slow moving water