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Hightailing It - _TNY_8318

And here's another sweet moth sleeping outside my house when I get home from work.

 

This one is a male and has the rather wonderful name of small chocolate-tip (Clostera pigra)

 

The Swedish name is also cool - "pärlgrå högstjärt" actually means pearl-grey hightail (the latter as it likes to hold the rear of the abdomen up like in this shot). The fact that "stjärt" also menas butt makes it a little extra funny.

 

For a shot of the same little fuzzball, but on my fingertip instead, have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51526997032/

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Uploaded on October 27, 2021
Taken on April 27, 2019