Glue, fly, glue: Caddisflies' underwater silk adhesive might suture wounds
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 22:14
in Biology & Nature
Like silkworm moths, butterflies and spiders, caddisfly larvae spin silk, but they do so underwater instead on dry land. Now, researchers have discovered why the fly's silk is sticky when wet and how that may make it valuable as an adhesive tape during surgery.