#4087 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Bleke Schietmot
Limnephilus flavicornis
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Rhenen, Nederland
📍 Bennekom, Nederland
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland
📍 Wassenaar, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Barry Walter · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Олександр Гриб · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Tero Linjama · CC0
- 5. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Rhenen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 9. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Limnephilus flavicornis is a species of caddisfly in the family Limnephilidae. Its larvae, which can be found in lakes, ponds and puddles, creates a case from organic materials as a method of camouflage and protection.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 32 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,680 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Bleke Schietmot
- scientific name
- Limnephilus flavicornis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Trichoptera
- family
- Limnephilidae
- sightings in NL
- 32
- sightings in Europe
- 225
- sightings worldwide
- 1,680
- GBIF records in NL
- 15,346
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Limnephilidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 475531, Wikidata Q730504, GBIF 1442690, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.