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Case-less caddis are common inhabitants of most european rivers. Although caddis larvae are best known for the case they build around their body with debris, there are insect of this order that live the larval state "naked". Typical case-less caddis belong to the family of Hydropsychidae and Rhyacophilidae. In the picture olive and brown larvae of genus Hydropsyche.