Abstract
Larvae of the Hydropsychidae are generally known as net spinners, and they live in flowing water. They build fixed dwellings with a net incorporated in the vestibule, and a current of water is necessary for the spinning of the regular mesh of the net. Many of the species now occurring in Britain tend to be associated with upland, stony-bottomed streams and rivers rather than silted lowland courses with less oxygen and slower currents. A firm substratum is required for anchorage of the dwellings and for the eggs, which are cemented to submerged surfaces by the female imago who enters the water to oviposit (Badcock, 1953).
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Badcock, R.M. (1976). The distribution of the Hydropsychidae in Great Britain. In: Malicky, H. (eds) Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trichoptera. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1579-0_10
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