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It’s kind of like wearing a leather jacket The ‘Bone Collector’ Doesn’t Play With Its Food. It Wears It. “Using silk, the caterpillar weaves bits of the dead insects it encounters on the spider’s web. The researchers have identified parts from six families of insects attached to the caterpillars, including weevil heads and beetle abdomens. The caterpillar even incorporates pieces of exoskeleton molted by their arachnid neighbors.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/science/caterpillar-bone-collector.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IU8._ZHh.wkxtN8rSi3s7&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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