caddice
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Sometimes called "case fly," from the case or shell which the larva makes about itself; "caddice" is another way of saying "case."
From The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley
You will always find these little brown-cloaked figures flitting about the brooks, where the caddice larvæ live.
From The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley
Our little caddice has made a neat little house of fine sand grains very nicely put together.
From The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley
Bursa: a pouch or sac: a wing pouch in male caddice flies and in connection with a stalked hair pencil.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
It is the larva of the caddice fly, or case fly.
From The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley
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