Trichoptera from the Great Falls and Turkey Run units of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Fairfax Co., Virginia
Flint, Jr. OS. 2011. Trichoptera from the Great Falls and Turkey Run units of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Fairfax Co., Virginia. USA Zoosymposia
A 3-year effort to collect and identify caddisflies (Trichoptera) along 2 sections of the Potomac River was undertaken at the request of the National Park Service. A variety of techniques including Malaise traps, light traps, and hand netting resulted in the collection of 105 species belongint to 17 families and 38 genera. Fifty-seven species or 54% were deemed rare, 20 species or 19% were common and 28 species or 27% were abundant. Comments are made on 7 species of special interest. An addendum lists 6 additional species collected during the 4th year's survey.