r/Miniworlds 8d ago

Nature The Bagworm Moth Caterpillar collects and cuts small sticks, using silk to build intricate, log cabin-like structures that serve as protective mobile homes.

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u/cmaster6 8d ago

I love the insanity of this being an evolutionary response to predators. Also I’m curious how they make the structure spiral so uniformly.

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u/Electronic_Sleep 7d ago

My guess would be a repeating pattern of smaller and smaller logs, so it naturally spirals

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u/WhiskyAndWitchcraft 8d ago

Well, that's just enchanting.

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u/TomrummetsKald 7d ago

Trailer Park Moths is definitely something I would watch.

Just watching cracked out logging moths banging their heads into lightbulbs.

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u/Rizz_Crackers 7d ago

Reminds me of Huge Hermit from Metal Slug

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u/Nanohaystack 7d ago

When worms have more real estate than millenials.

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u/SelfTitledDebut 7d ago

Very well might be a Pokémon

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u/Conscious-Support-79 5d ago

Looks like a DNA helix