Animals Make Structures: Video Resources

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Promethea Moth Cocoon
  1. Atlas Moth, Attacus atlas, a silk moth found in Asia (not found in Cambridge):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KOPIqv1xy4
  2. Cecropia Moth, the largest moth (with a 5–7” wingspan) found in North America ( especially 10:47 to 10:21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8YU0UoLLuE
  3. Promethea Moth (Callosamia promethea), building cocoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZgwv0yVPKE
  4. From this web page, you can search for photos of Promethea Moth stages and videos of its caterpillar eating and sheddding skin: https://www.thecaterpillarlab.org/saturniinae
  5. Chinese Mantis making an egg case (ootheca): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyFNhcMhW_Y

All video resources listed here depict species of animals that have been documented in Cambridge unless otherwise noted.

Left: kids at the Amigos Community School who took an art class run by Green Cambridge made these sculptures made of “cells.” What do they look like to you?

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