Adult Sedges

There are over two hundred species of sedge fly in the UK and can be found in any type of water. Adult flies are mostly active at dusk.

Common Name	Latin Name
Yellow Spotted	Philoptamus Montanus
Cinnamon	Limnephilus Lunatus
Grannom	Brachycentrus Subnublis
Sandfly	Rhyacophila Dorsalis
Marbled Ssdge	Hydropsyche Contubernalis
Small Red Sedge	Tinodes Waineri
Grey or Silver Sedge	Odontacerum Albicorne
Brown Sedge	Annabola Nervosa
Brown Silverhorn	Athripsodes Cinereus
Carperer	Halesus Radiatus
Grey Flag	Hydropsyche Instabilis
Welshman's Button	Sericostoma Personatum
Large Cinnamon Sedge	Potamophylax Latipennis
Black Sedge	Anthripsodes Nigronervosus
Black Silverhorns	Mystacides Azurea / Nigra
Small Yellow Sedge	Psychomyia Pusilla
Grouse Wing	Mystacides Longicornis