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05-FEB-2007

Brand new everything
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Completing the transformation from pupa to moth by letting its wings hang to expand.

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Laurie 19-Mar-2007 03:02
This silkmoth has just emerged from the cocoon and is drying its wings, having transformed from a gnarly little pupa in a silk sac to a huge thing of wild beauty. This is the parent (or aunt or uncle) to the caterpillar in the competition gallery.