#superworms — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🪱🦴 Superworm larvae strip flesh from #animal #skeletons faster than traditional methods, cleaning delicate #bones in hours to days without damage.

Cared for on a vegetable diet, the reusable #larvae could serve #museums that lack the space or funding for dermestid beetle colonies.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/flesh-eating-superworms-could-become-a-new-skeleton-cleaning-crew-for-museum-and-research-specimens-180989258/

#superworms #insects #zoology #science #beetles #entomology #biology #animals #research #anatomy #nature

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🪱🦴 Superworm larvae strip flesh from #animal #skeletons faster than traditional methods, cleaning delicate #bones in hours to days without damage.

Cared for on a vegetable diet, the reusable #larvae could serve #museums that lack the space or funding for dermestid beetle colonies.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/flesh-eating-superworms-could-become-a-new-skeleton-cleaning-crew-for-museum-and-research-specimens-180989258/

#superworms #insects #zoology #science #beetles #entomology #biology #animals #research #anatomy #nature