Caddisflies
Trichoptera
The caddisflies, or 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 of the adult mouthparts. Integripalpian larvae construct a portable casing to protect themselves as they move around looking for food, while Annulipalpian larvae make themselves a fixed retreat in which they remain, waiting for food to come to them....
7 branches of this order, most-observed first
Integripalpia
suborderIntegripalpia
Annulipalpia
suborderAnnulipalpia
Hydroptiloidea
superfamilyHydroptiloidea
Spicipalpia
suborderSpicipalpia
Brevitentoria
suborderBrevitentoria
Oeconesidae
familyOeconesidae
Tasimioidea
superfamilyTasimioidea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62164.