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Monday, October 18, 2010

Pink seductress: Oenochroma vinaria

Common name: Pink Bellied Moth
(I will call her Penelope.)
The interesting detail in this photo is the pheromone gland at the end of her body. She is trying to attract males with a special chemical cocktail. Human beings can not smell it (or I couldn't at least...)
Pink seductress. Sitting pretty and waiting. And the males have to fly upwind, in the direction of her smell...

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