The Rhyacophilidae are a family in the insect order of

Trichoptera The caddisflies (order Trichoptera) are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults. There are approximately 14,500 described species, most of which can be divided into the suborders Integripalpia and Annulipalpia on the basis ...

. Larvae of this family are free living and most species are predatory. The largest genus is ''

Rhyacophila ''Rhyacophila'' is a genus of caddisflies in the family Rhyacophilidae. There are at least 640 described species in ''Rhyacophila''. ITIS Taxonomic note: *Type species: ''Rhyacophila vulgaris'' F.J. Pictet (selected by HH Ross, 1944, Bull Illin ...

'', with near 500 species distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

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Video of Rhyacophilid larva from Austria
Trichoptera families Spicipalpia {{Trichoptera-stub