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Want a Cozy, Free Home? Ask This Caterpillar How
🕑 Added 2025-01-03 19:00:03 +0000 UTCAs a caterpillar, a grass skipper butterfly is an architect. It builds its home out of a blade of grass by weaving skeins of silk to close it shut. After growing up inside this “grass taco,” it emerges as a fuzzy butterfly that woos a mate with flirty courtship dances.
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wormy boi
Oh okay, so when a caterpillar eats its home it’s ‘natural’ but when I start eating asbestos it’s ‘dangerous’ 😤
