Family Cosmopterigidae Hodges # 1515
Caterpillar foods: flowers and developing seeds of cattails (Bugguide)
7/6/2017
7/6/2017
2/19/2021 Found larva inside of a cattail seed head.
6/7/2021 Still larvae in the jar – they grow very slowly.
6/28/2021 Found some pupae mixed in with the cattail seed fluff.
6/28/2021 Pupa
6/28/2021 One adult had emerged – it and all the pupae were released.