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University of Texas at El Paso

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Braulio Sanchez, a researcher and recent graduate of The University of Texas at El Paso, demonstrates caterpillar and adult moth replicas used in a study on moth predation. The study, recently published in the journal Insects, found that adult moths are more vulnerable to attack than they are when young.

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