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Deep within a cave in Mulu National Park, the sticky threads secreted by the larvae of a Predatory Fungus Gnat (Chetoneura cavernae) 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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- © Chien C. Lee
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Bibionomorpha, Borneo, Diptera, East Malaysia, Insecta, Keroplatidae, Malaysia, Nematocera, Sarawak, Sciaroidea, Southeast Asia, animal, arthropod, cave, eat, eating, fauna, feeding, fly, immature, insect, invertebrate, karst, larva, limestone, predate, predation, prey, trap, tropical, web
- Contained in galleries
- Borneo, Insects
