News tagged with caddisfly larvae

Glue, fly, glue: Caddisflies' underwater silk adhesive might suture wounds

Like silkworm moths, butterflies and spiders, caddisfly larvae spin silk, but they do so underwater instead on dry land. Now, University of Utah researchers have discovered why the fly's silk is sticky when ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast




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Snakes around world evolve along similar path of poison resistance say biologists

(PhysOrg.com) -- Utah State University biologists have long studied varied species of North American garter snakes that have evolved an amazing resistance to a deadly neurotoxin found in innocuous-looking ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Storm runoff and sewage treatment outflow contaminated with household pesticides

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pyrethroids, among the most widely-used home pesticides, are winding up in California rivers at levels toxic to some stream-dwellers, possibly endangering the food supply of fish and other ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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