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This has been a dangerous plant indeed for these insects to have walked on. They are innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire. The hooked trichomes have caught and held them until they died, a fate normally avoided by the small herbivorous insect that simply turns away from this grasping defense without attempting a close encounter with it.
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