Field evidence of caddisfly larvae (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae, Leptoceridae) using alien Crassula helmsii (Kirk) Cockayne fragments (Saxifragales: Crassulaceae) in case construction

Figures & data

Figure 1. Caddisfly larvae (Trichoptera) with cases containing Crassula helmsii (Kirk), 1899, Cockayne fragments: (a) Limnephilus flavicornis (Fabricius, 1787), with case composed of stem fragments; (b) Limnephilus lunatus Curtis, 1834, with case composed of leaves; (c) Oecetis furva (Rambur, 1842), with case comprising a mixture of leaves and stem fragments; (d) Triaenodes bicolor (Curtis, 1834), with case containing leaves. Scale bars = 2 cm.

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