A practical and safe alternative method for skeletal cleaning for museum specimens using superworms (Zophobas morio) (IMAGE)

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A practical and safe alternative method for skeletal cleaning for museum specimens using superworms (Zophobas morio)

Caption

Cleaned skeletal specimens using superworms. Top from left to right: Rook, Alligator Gar, Eurasian Eagle Owl, Bottom from left to right: Gray Wolf, Wild Cat. Original photographs captured by the authors and created for this study.

Credit

Rastekar et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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