Insect Orders
The Pyralidae Family: Aquatic Moths
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- Common Name: Aquatic Moth
- Identifying Features: It builds a circular case out of two leaves, usually from water lilies.
- Time of Year Found: Summer
- Size of Case from mature larva: 14mm
- Habitat: The surface of ponds
- Other Information: Aquatic moths go through complete metamorphosis. The adults are found at night flying in swarms over the pond. I was unable to find a source to identify them to genus level.
- Figures:
a. Leaf case
b. Larva inside of case
c. Adult moth