New Zealand Seashore

11005-85001 Marine caddis (Philanisus plebius) are one of the very few insects which spend part of their life cycle in a marine habitat. Larvae construct their cases of coraline algae. The four described species are distributed along the coasts of New Zealand, New South Wales, and the Chatham Islands *

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11005-85001 Marine caddis (Philanisus plebius) are one of the very few insects which spend part of their life cycle in a marine habitat. Larvae construct their cases of coraline algae. The four described species are distributed along the coasts of New Zealand, New South Wales, and the Chatham Islands *

marine caddis 85001 Philanisus plebius insect Larvae case coraline algae coast New Zealand rock pool New South Wales Chatham Islands chathamidae