bizarre caterpillars in Hawaii living underwater

[JColt]

A dozen bizarre caterpillars discovered in Hawaii living underwater with no gills

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2010/03/caterpillar-hawaii-amphibious-discovery.html

 

[Malhavoc's]

Quite an intresting find, Thanks for the information I'll be thinking on those for a bit now.

 

[bugmankeith]

any pictures of the adults?

 

[Malhavoc's]

A few.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/sear...mocoma&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701

Just a quickl ygoogle of the general name found a few results of them eating adults etc. not sure if this is the same species that spends so much time underwater, but it appears all of their larvae are semi aquatic.