Caddis fly larva. Credit Deseret News.

The Deseret News in Salt Lake City has a story about caddis fly larva silk as a new surgical tape due to it’s strength and adhesive properties when wet.  Sounds like a pretty interesting venture, just so long as they don’t come raid my local stream for product.  The article also contains some nice close up images of cased caddis larvae.  Let’s hope they pull out all of the rocks first .

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Caddisfly larvae spun into surgical tape (via Deseret News)