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Deep within a cave in Mulu National Park, the sticky threads secreted by the larvae of a fungus midge (family Mycetophilidae) function as a trap for small flying insects. When ensnared in this trap, prey are reeled in and eaten. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).

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Bibionomorpha, Borneo, Diptera, East Malaysia, Insecta, Malaysia, Mycetophilidae, Nematocera, Sarawak, Southeast Asia, animal, arthropod, fauna, fly, fungus gnat, immature, insect, invertebrate, karst, larva, limestone, tropical
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Borneo, Insects
Deep within a cave in Mulu National Park, the sticky threads secreted by the larvae of a fungus midge (family Mycetophilidae) function as a trap for small flying insects.  When ensnared in this trap, prey are reeled in and eaten. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).