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the underwater architect that builds armored mobile homes from whatever it finds on the riverbed
larval constructionLarvae spin silk to glue pebbles into portable cases
jeweler trickGiven gold and gems, they build glittering cases
water qualityTheir presence signals clean, healthy streams
silk underwaterThey spin sticky silk that sets while submerged
butterfly cousinClosest living relatives of moths and butterflies