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I'm a macroinvertebrate, I'm the caddisfly. I resemble a small moth!!!!!!
Streams, Ponds, Lakes
Joined October 2014
Caddisfly larvae have successfully adapted to a range of different microhabitats.
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The caddisflies are an order, Trichoptera, of insects with approximately 12,000 described species.
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Also called sedge-flies or rail-flies, they are small moth-like insects having two pairs of hairy membranous wings.
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Camouflage - Caddisflies make theier cases from the surrounding material making them blend in to their environment.
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If your pond has sand, dead leaves and live water plants there should be no shortage of suitable case-building materials.
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To attract caddisflies to your pond you will need the three key features of high quality garden ponds: clean water, shallow water.
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Caddisflies should have no difficulty reaching most garden ponds: flights of 5 km have been recorded and longer-distance movements r possibl.
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Some are found in the tiniest of puddles, for example the endangered Window-winged Sedge (Hagenella clathrata).
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Caddisflies live in both permanent and seasonal ponds, and: they can be especially abundant in shallow grassy ponds which dry out.
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Warm moist nights are particularly conducive to caddisfly flight.
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I produce silk from glands on the lower lip (labium).
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my wings at rest are folded rooflike and cover my body !!!.
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I'm commonly 3 to 15 millimetres (0.118 to 0.590 inch) in length. (adults).
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I live near streams, rivers, ponds, and live year round in Florida!!!! :) :).
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