Ifu y'ibishishwa yerekeza ku ifu ikorwa no gusya no gusya ibishishwa. Ibikubiye muri yo 95% ni karubone karubone, chitin, hamwe na aside amine nke na polisakaride. Ishobora gukoreshwa nk'ibikoresho byo mu rwego rwo hejuru mu biribwa, amavuta yo kwisiga no gushariza imbere, kandi ikoreshwa mu matungo n'inkoko. Inyongera za karubone n'ibiribwa, gutunganya imitako, imiti yo gusukura, nibindi. Irangi ry'ifu y'ibishishwa ni irangi rigezweho ryo kuvugurura imbere mu rugo mu myaka ya vuba aha.

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