HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

ENTOMOLOGY

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Name means “case-bearer”. Build cases from materials in rivers (pebbles, leaf litter, twigs, etc.). Most cases about 1.5 cm long.
A
Diptera (Flies)
B
Coleoptera-Beetles
C
Trichoptera-Caddisfly
D
Lepidoptera-Butterflies and Moths
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Caddis as a boy’s name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Caddis is “worsted fabric". Also a kind of fly that trouts like to eat.

Detailed explanation-2: -These cases can be made of organic material, such as vegetation or debris, or small stones or sand grains bound together by silk the caddisfly produces. Some caddisflies create a retreat that they attach to a substrate. One family of caddisfly is free-living, building neither a case nor a retreat.

Detailed explanation-3: -About. There are almost 200 species of caddisfly (order Trichoptera, also known as ‘sedge flies’) in the UK, the largest of which is more than 3cm long. Adults are moth-like insects with hairy wings. The most common caddisflies, particularly in garden ponds, are the Cinnamon Sedges-a group of around 30 species.

Detailed explanation-4: -The caddisflies, or order Trichoptera, are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults.

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