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Luna Moth (Actias luna) unfurling wings

Luna Moth (Actias luna) with lower wing lobes starting to unfurl. After hatching/emerging from the cocoon, the Luna Moth cannot eat, having no mouth parts, and lives for about one week. They emerge, fly, mate, lay eggs and then die. Timucuan Preserve, Flo

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13633197
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2998px x 4194px (6.4MB)
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Millard H. Sharp /Science Source/ www.ardea.com
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Actias Cocoon Drying Emergent Emerging Hatched Hatching Luna Metamorphosis Saturniid Saturniidae Sequence Series Timucuan Unfolding Unfurling


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