Their wax filaments break off easily, so a predator trying to grab one of these fences is left with a pile of fluff, but no meal. Some have hypothesized that the ice shapes may mimic insecticidal fungus, discouraging predators and parasites with what looks like an infected fence.
MrReaps on December 8th, 2017 at 22:28 UTC »
Now this is how a barbed fence should be!
pruinose on December 8th, 2017 at 23:18 UTC »
but how
The_Beaner on December 9th, 2017 at 03:39 UTC »
Their wax filaments break off easily, so a predator trying to grab one of these fences is left with a pile of fluff, but no meal. Some have hypothesized that the ice shapes may mimic insecticidal fungus, discouraging predators and parasites with what looks like an infected fence.