The Ornate Protective Cases of Caddisfly Larvae

Caddisfly larvae (order Trichoptera) crawling on aquatic plant. Estonia.

Dulcie.world on Instagram: "At Dulcie, we are drawn to projects that reveal how living systems think through material. Trichotech, by Teresa Colombo, is one such project, a conceptual, biomimetic adhesive inspired by caddisfly larvae, whose underwater silk challenges conventional ideas of adhesion, strength and repair. Caddisfly larvae live fully submerged and protect themselves by building tiny cases from sand, plant fibres and other fragments. They glue these pieces together with a silk that h