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Which End is the Front? - _TNY_0561

Each time I pass the purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in the garden, I try to stop and check for caterpillars. It's the host plant for the vapourer (Orgyia antiqua), also known as the rusty tussock moth and isn't it just something extra? The design team either did psychedelic drugs when they came up with this one or they simply decided to put *everything* in a single species.

 

Oh, and the end with two black brushes is the front and the single black brush is the back.

 

(Canon MP-E65mm at 1:1 magnification)

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Uploaded on September 6, 2019
Taken on July 20, 2019