I grabbed a swept-wing moth that, in my mothy ignorance, I - TopicsExpress

I grabbed a swept-wing moth that, in my mothy ignorance, I supposed to be a possible tiger moth, not realizing what an amazing specimen it would turn out to be. (I refer you again to my mothy ignorance in case its a well-known trait or phenomenon.) I had pinched the moth in the thorax to immobilize it overnight, awaiting my photo shoot of the next day. When I got around to shooting it I was puzzled by what appeared to be a feathery or hairy plume over its head and thorax. I had never seen such a structure on a moth before. As I took photos I eventually figured out that it was the front legs that had been raised straight up and over between the antennae and that the front legs had very hairy fetlocks if I may use a horsey term to describe a moth. Because the legs were in this strange position I figured it was not a freakish death throe but an automatic defensive strategy that put them there, and that the hairs in fact contained or constituted some form of irritant, whether physical or chemical, to foil would-be predators. Im very interested in hearing from moth specialists who can shed further light on what I observed and recorded.

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