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Laughing Giant Caddisfly

Banksiola dossuaria

1,343 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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26 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 17, February 17, March 23, April 39, May 68, June 33, July 25, August 23, September 26, October 24, November 17, December 15.
United States920
Canada587
New York327
Quebec233
Ontario232
Massachusetts122
Vermont107
New Hampshire86
Maine59
Nova Scotia58

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderCaddisflies · Trichoptera
FamilyGiant Casemaker Caddisflies · Phryganeidae
GenusTraveller Sedges · Banksiola

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Laughing Giant Caddisfly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.