Look closely at these pictures of the case and you can see it's not solid wood pieces, but that some of the silk used to attach the wood is showing through in the cracks.  Pycnopsyche (Great Autumn Brown Sedges) Caddisfly Larva from Mystery Creek #62 in New York
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Look closely at these pictures of the case and you can see it's not solid wood pieces, but that some of the silk used to attach the wood is showing through in the cracks.
Pycnopsyche (Great Autumn Brown Sedges) Caddisfly Larva from Mystery Creek #62 in New York

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