A green, hardback book entitled 'Trichoptera Larvae of Finland: A Key to the Caddis Larvae of Finland and Nearby Countries' by Aki Rinne and Peter Wibert-Larsen. Published by TRIFICON. ISBN 978-951-95015-0-5.

Still staying with larvae, but stepping outside the islands of Ireland and Britain, we have this entry from Finland. This key has an abundance of diagrams and also photos of various features, which quite novel among keys.

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A book entitled 'A Revised Key to the Caseless Caddis Larvae of the British Isles with Notes on their Ecology' by J.M. Edington and A.G. Hildrew. Published by the Freshwater Biological Association.

Staying with the larvae, this is the book you want for caseless caddisfly larvae in Ireland and Britain. Another publication from the Freshwater Biological Association (who are, sadly, not on Bluesky. Is anyone close enough to prod them?)

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A book entitled Keys to the Case-bearing Caddis Larvae of Britain and Ireland by I.D. Wallace, B. Wallace and G.N. Philipson. Published by the Freshwater Biological Association. ISBN 9780900386701.

Moving from adults to larvae, here is the go-to key for cased caddisflies in Ireland and Britain. One of the many great aquatic macroinvertebrate keys by the Freshwater Biological Association.

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A book entitled "A key to the Adults of the British Trichoptera" by T.T. Macan, illustrated by C. Joan Worthington, published in 1973 as Scientific Publication No. 28 by the Freshwater Biological Association.

Next up is an older book on adult Trichoptera by T.T. Macan from 1973. While it is out-of-date in places, the illustrations by C. Joan Worthington are outstanding and can provide confirmation when used in conjunction with Barnard & Ross (2012).

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A book entitled 'The adult Trichoptera (caddisflies) of Britain and Ireland by Peter Barnard and Emma Ross. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol 1. Part 17.

I thought I'd take the time to share some of the books I use in identifying caddisflies (Trichoptera). This is the most up-to-date book for adult caddisflies in Ireland & Britain. There is a dichotomous key, but the line drawings of the genitalia are most valuable.

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A new site for Tricholeiochiton fagesii (Guinard, 1879) in Ireland This is a story of the importance of bycatch. While out surveying the plants and habitats of fen sites as part of the pilot for the National Fen Survey on behalf of the National Parks and Wildlife …

There is a lack of caddisfly content on Bluesky, so here is a bit of info on the diminutive Tricholeiochiton fagesii in Ireland.

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A new site for Tricholeiochiton fagesii (Guinard, 1879) in Ireland This is a story of the importance of bycatch. While out surveying the plants and habitats of fen sites as part of the pilot for the National Fen Survey on behalf of the National Parks and Wildlife …

Might as well get things started with something caddisfly related:

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