Animals
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New Zealand Glowworms Use Sticky Fishing Lines to Prey Insects
Spiders are not the only animals that produce sticky substances to trap their food. According to a new study, the larvae of a glowworm group called Arachnocampa can also secrete adhesive substances that form like long lines of tiny droplets to prey insects.
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