Fly fishers call them sedges. Caddisflies spend most of their lives as aquatic larvae. They also pupate underwater. The ...

Caddisflies begin their lives as river-dwelling larvae, constructing a portable protective case out of stream sediments like fine sand and plant material, and emerge from the water as winged, ...

The δ¹³C of most consumers, such as Gammarus and Simulium, reflected that of the dominant forms of photosynthetic production, whereas the cased larvae of two caddis flies (Agapetus and Silo) were ...