A series of staged insect spats reveals the first known acoustic duels of caterpillars.
A hook-tip moth caterpillar spins silken strands to fold a leaf into a retreat. Yack
Larvae of the hook-tip moth, a common resident of birch and alder trees in the northeastern United States, spin silk stitches to create folded-leaf retreats, explains Jane Yack of Cornell University.
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