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The World of Minibeasts

Beetles in Bags: The Bag

 

unfinished: funnel-shaped, leaf tip protruding

During the rolling process, the bag has the shape of a funnel. It opens downward and the tip of leaf forms the tip of the bag

When the bag is finished, it has narrowed and the tip of the leaf is neatly folded inwards

The female "sows" the tip by biting it, thus hooking tiny bits of the leaf into one another. 

finshed: narrow, leaf tip sowed

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Photographs by José Verkest, text by Maria Pfeifer