Species Cards

Caddis Fly

Group:

Animal, Invertebrate (minibeast)

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Food chain :

Omnivore

What it eats :

Larvae eat algae, detritus, small aquatic invertebrates.

Eaten by:

Adults eaten by spiders and dragonflies. Larvae eaten by duck, dragonfly larvae, stickleback.

Habitat:

PondPond

Description:

Adults are brownish moth-like insects. Larvae live underwater. They make cases to protect their soft bodies, using small stones, tiny shells or water weed.


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