sumthing amazing to me, but kinda worried aboutit

[the jjaro]

hello everyone im new here, my names jjaro... but thats not the reason why im posting....

ok so, yesterday i looked at my fish tank, adn i was admiring my new group of amazon sword plants, theres one i was looking at particularly....it had very nice leafs....anyway today i looked at it, and it he one leaf i liked missing, i looked around adn i couldnt find it, and then i saw another leaf hanging, so i went in there and pulled it out, it looked like someone cut it....or sumthing! so i saw the leaf i liked in a sandwich type form! i picked it out, and i caterpillar popped its head out, i got scared, cuz i didnt know what it was at first, but i managed to get it out into a seperte cup of water. and im worryed that there is other caterpillars in my tank, cuz i have spent alot of money on these plants, and how is a catrerpillar suviving underwater, and how did it get there, and what is it goign to turn into......has this happened to anyone else??!!! i need to know, k thanks, bye, PLZ reply

[Aquabum]

You have a Caterpillar in your tank? Are you certain that the plants that you have are aquatic plants? A lot of lfs like to sell terrestrial plants for aquatic, which is why I'm asking (please don't get offended).

Can you take a picture of this critter? Or have you killed it? I'm curious to know what it is. When you buy plants, you will get all sorts of creepy crawlies on them (snails, worms, etc.). Be prepared for that.

[phanmc]

I've had what I believed to be leaf cutter moth larvas in my tank before, which behaved in a similar manner. I found them cutting up my baby tears and making a sheath out of it to hide in, there also appeared to be an air bubble within it. I thought I caught them all but did end up finding a moth under the hood.

[Hound]

Actually sword plants can be grown both submersed and emersed from what I understand. I'd like to see a picture of what you found in your tank myself. I would highly doubt it is a caterpillar underwater, but then I have to remind myself of just how much I don't know LOL. Phanmc's idea about it being a larvae of some sort is probably right in this case I would think. Erm wait isn't a caterpillar a larvae by definition? Sigh I think I'll stop now.

[the jjaro]

ok i will have to wait to get a picture, because the camera i have is only 2 megapixel, my bro comes back from vacation in 2 days, i will use his 8.5 megapixel. but the larva/caterpiller is still alive i beleive, i put him in a separate tank with a few of teh cut up leafs, and i will describe it till i get a picture. ok so its head is yellowish orange, and its body is the same tint as the amazon sword, their is no air bubble in it, and its slightly fuzzy like a caterpillar, ive searched teh tank, but found no sign of butterfly moth, anything of that sort. btu i will get u a picture everyone, buts its not going to be the best.

[the jjaro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Glj6nP_6bc
that is a video of it, its about 1 1/2 long. it shows it good about 3 times.
im not goign to kill it, i want to see what it might turn into. everyone i showed ( bro, parents, friends, and fish store owner) they all said it looked like a caterpiller. but you never know