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Flesh-Eating Bugs!

  • March 22, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Some museums use dermestid beetles to clean skeletons. These insects, also called skin beetles, feed off decaying carcasses and other organic material. Adults are big enough to quickly strip a skeleton, while larvae are perfect for cleaning tiny bones.

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