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‘Bone Collector’ Caterpillars Don’t Play With Their Food. They Wear It.

alishpagda08@gmail.com2 months ago08 mins

Hawaii is a beautiful tropical paradise and also home to formidable creepy crawly predators. There are spiders that impale prey in midair and venomous centipedes that can stretch nearly 15 inches long. And then there are the carnivorous caterpillars, an evolutionary rarity. And now scientists have discovered one very hungry caterpillar that doesn’t just eat…

The Territory Is Tiny and So Is the Newborn Caterpillar Defending It

alishpagda08@gmail.com3 months ago06 mins

When territorial animals are confronted by intruders, they instinctively protect their turf — no matter how small. For warty birch caterpillars, that means patrolling one of the tiniest territories on Earth: the tips of birch leaves. Scientists observed the caterpillars warding off intruders with loud vibrations that advertise they are in command of a domain…