| Records of Glyphotaelius pellucidus (Jelly-egg Caddisfly) : | ||||
| 1: Glyphotaelius pellucidus (Jelly-egg Caddisfly) | ||||
| 14 Oct 2017 | OSGR: SU01 | 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W | Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) | England |
| Two clusters of egg masses on a single Elder leaf, overhanging a large depression in the track | ||||
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Glyphotaelius pellucidus (Jelly-egg Caddisfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Glyphotaelius pellucidus (Jelly-egg Caddisfly)
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 BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Glyphotaelius pellucidus (Jelly-egg Caddisfly)
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A common caddisfly that breeds in ponds and ditches, including temporary ones. The female lays a blob of jelly containing the egg mass on leaves that overhang water, or where water will be after the Autumn rains. The eggs eventually hatch and the larvae fall into the water where they make flat cases of dead leaves.
Nemotaulius punctatolineatus is the only other UK caddis to lay similar gelatinous egg masses on overhanging leaves but it is confined to blanket bogs in the Scottish Highlands.
References:| Author & Year | Title | Source |
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| Wallace, I. (Illust.: Wilkins, P.), 2003 | The Beginner’s Guide to Caddis (Order Trichoptera) | Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists’ Society Vol 62: 15-26. |
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