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THIS season I am breeding, with the object of observing their gradual growth and development, a number of the larvæ of Cerura (or Dicranura) vinula, the Puss Moth; but I have sought in vain for the function performed by the slender red filaments, ejected, at the insect's will, from its twin tails. They appear to shoot from their sheathes, just on the same principle as do a cat's claws; but to what purpose?
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THORN, A. Functions of an Organ of the Larva of the Puss Moth. Nature 62, 389 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/062389d0
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