Match the Hatch (ver 2.0)

Identify Caddis Genus from Description of the Adult Insect

LENGTH OF BODY in mm (from front of head to end of abdomen.)

(If insect is measured in inches, use the following calculator to convert to mm)

Convert inches to millimeters:

Enter length in inches and 64ths of inches: and /64 equals mm.

COLOUR OF BODY (ADULT):

White to Cream
white
cream
Yellow to Amber
pale yellow
straw yellow
straw yellow with a puplish tinge
medium yellow
bright yellow
dark yellow
pale greenish-yellow
brownish yellow
tawny yellow
amber
Tan to Ginger
tan
ginger
Olive and Green
dark olive
medium olive
light olive
olive-green
pale green
bright green
medium green
dark green
Orange
orange
reddish-orange
Brown
yellowish-brown
greenish-brown
olive-brown
light brown
smokey gray-brown
golden brown
medium brown
reddish-brown
dark brown
metallic bluish-brown
dark blackish-brown
Black to Gray
black
dark gray
medium gray
light gray

WING COLOUR:

White to Cream
white
cream
cream and light brown with a silver streak
cream mottled with brown
Yellow, Tan, Ginger
straw yellow
yellow
yellow with brown shading
pale tan
medium tan
ginger
Browns
greenish-brown
light reddish-brown
reddish-brown
reddish-brown with a long silver streak
golden-brown
light brown
light brown with cream (nearly transparent) patterns
light brown, faintly mottled
light brown with dark brown speckles
light brown mottled with dark brown
light brown and dark brown (chequered)
medium brown
mottled brown
brown and gray (light and dark mottling)
medium brown with translucent dots
brown with yellow markings (shiny, polished appearance)
browns (blending from cream to chocolate)
brown mottled with light and dark areas
medium brown mottled with dark brown
dark brown
dark brown, faintly mottled
dark brown with scattered light spots
Black to Gray
velvet black
uniformly dark- almost black
metallic black
black
black with scattered light spots
dark gray
dark gray with light spotting
mottled gray (chequered pattern of light and dark)
speckled gray and white
gray mottled with brown
gray mottled with brown (semitranslucent)
gray and brown (light and dark mottling)
gray, brown and yellow (patterned)
smokey-gray
medium gray
light gray

LEG COLOUR:

White and Cream
white
cream
Yellow and Ginger
straw yellow
medium yellow
dark yellow
ginger
brownish-yellow
Brown
yellowish-brown
golden-brown
light brown
grayish-brown
medium brown
varying shades of brown
dark brown
Black to Gray
black
dark gray
brownish-gray
medium gray
gray (speckled)
light gray

ADULTS ACTIVE IN:

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

REGION:

East (N. America)
MidWest (N. America)
West (N. America)

FOUND IN WHICH TYPE OF WATER:

Dead
Slow
Medium
Fast

last modified 5/6/09

This program is still under development. Please report errors to: bruce@fishermonk.com