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Extra Everything, pt. 2 - _TNY_9725

My wife found this sexy male larvae of the rusty tussock moth (Orgyia antiqua) munching away inside the foliage of a purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). It really looks like the design team went all-in on the styling on this one!

 

Pt. 1: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/29075701475/

 

A photo of the adult male moth (with impressive fur and antennae) can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/20748254344

 

The adult guys become beautiful moths with impressive antennae, but the girls are wingless and spend their entire life next to the cocoon, waiting for a male to find it so they can mate before she lays here eggs right there and die.

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Uploaded on April 4, 2017
Taken on August 1, 2016