QUICK FACT: Named after the comic strip hero, Asterix the Gaul, with two other species of caddisfly named after Obelix and Idefix, respectively, at the same time!

THREATS: Water abstraction and damage to spring habitats reduce the clean flows it requires.

IMPORTANCE: Caddisflies support fish and birds, signal water quality, and process organic material in streams.

Photo credit: Graf Schmidt-Kloiber

QUICK FACT: Named after the comic strip hero, Asterix the Gaul, with two other species of caddisfly named after Obelix and Idefix, respectively, at the same time!

THREATS: Water abstraction and damage to spring habitats reduce the clean flows it requires.

IMPORTANCE: Caddisflies support fish and birds, signal water quality, and process organic material in streams.

Photo credit: Graf Schmidt-Kloiber