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.”

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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they’d fit right in with our brazilian flying cockroaches, who during Rio carnival are basically covered in glitter, tinsel and rhinestones.
that would be a fabulous gang!

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i would happily shown you a photo, if only, when one of them flew onto our balcony this year, i were not screaming and jumping on the couch and snap a pic instead! 😅 😁 

so it's better just to visit Rio at this period and take a look not only them sparkling

I would LOVE to see a sparkly cockroach 🪳 ✨