Amphibious caterpillar
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amphibious-caterpillar-162-11266391
title:
Amphibious caterpillar
text:
Amphibious caterpillar refers to over 40 species of semiaquatic caterpillars endemic to Hawaii that are the only insects that live as readily in water as on land. In 2010, Daniel Rubinoff and Patrick Schmitz at the University of Hawaii at Manoa first described the amphibious habits of the larvae in the moth genus Hyposmocoma of the family Cosmopterigidae. Young of each species thrive both underwater in rushing streams and exposed to air on rocks poking out of the water. Rubinoff states, "These s
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encyclopedia
description:
Various species of moth larvae
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_caterpillar
date created:
2010-03-27T02:58:21Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T22:40:40Z
main entity:
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