Themes > Science > Class Insecta > Insect Orders > The Endopterygota > Insect Order Trichoptera - the caddisflies

Small to moderate moth-like insects with bristle-like antennae; mandibles vestigial or absent; wings membranous, hairy, at rest held rooflike over the back; larvae aquatic, more or less eruciform, usually living in cases held by means of hooked caudal appendages; pupae exarate with strong mandibles.


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