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DOUBT has existed about the mode of egg-laying in certain caddis flies, especially those the eggs of which are found under water in flat sheets cemented to the lower surface of stones. Accounts for most of these species are based on indirect evidence and incomplete observation. Consequently the following direct observation on the entry of Hydropsyche angustipennis into a watery medium may be of interest.
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BADCOCK, R. Observation of Egg-laying under Water of the Aerial Insect Hydropsyche angustipennies (Curtis) (Trichoptera). Nature 170, 40–41 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170040b0
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