Curious composite habitations

Lynwood M. ChaceLook at Life!, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1940.

The caddice-worms buid themselves little houses snug about their bodies, fastening themselves securely into them at the tail end. These curious composite habitations may be made of bits of leaf, twigs, pebbles, or snail shells and lined with a sort of silk fiber.

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