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Memberships to Nautilus seldom go on sale, but you can go to Nautil.us/microcosmos to receive 15% off your membership. A little while ago, James found himself with a bit of a problem. He was keeping some wheat grains at home to use as food for the microbes that he cultures and films for our enjoyment. But before he could feed the grains to his microbes, they became infested with the larvae.. of moths. Follow Journey to the Microcosmos: Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeytomicro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JourneyToMicro Shop The Microcosmos: https://www.microcosmos.store Support the Microcosmos: http://www.patreon.com/journeytomicro More from Jam’s Germs: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jam_and_germs YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn4UedbiTeN96izf-CxEPbg Hosted by Sarah Suta: https://www.youtube.com/@UC9Lp_AA5M2cMGrlvnnIns-g https://www.youtube.com/@UCzR-rom72PHN9Zg7RML9EbA Music by Andrew Huang: https://www.youtube.com/andrewhuang Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production. Find out more at https://www.complexly.com Stock video from: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/house-moth-closeup-view-stock-footage/857497572 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144438972 SOURCES: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.06086.pdf https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/15/6/982/205932