Shhh! Is that scrape a caterpillar scrap?

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.