Little Brown Sedges Adult

The little Brown Caddis is also known as the Little Brown Sedge in the West and occasionally, they are referred to as the Little Plain Brown Sedge. The many species of these caddisflies  exist in a wide variety of habitat, and are found in streams from coast to coast. But the one common factor is that they are usually around trees, since the larvae eat delaying leaves. Obviously, the bigger populations of these cadisflies will be found near woods for that reason.

The Little Brown Sedge adults deposit their eggs numerous ways. They usually emerge in the evening and deposit their eggs in the wet areas around the banks or around wet rocks and plant material. They will flutter around on the surface to deposit their eggs or they will dive and deposit their eggs  on the bottom within the first two feet of depth. They will also deposit their eggs in vegetation along the banks adjacent to the streams. These caddisflies ride the surface of the water a long time during the emergence and during the egg laying activity presenting good angling opportunities.