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White-marked Tussock Moth - Orgyia leucostigma - male
Copyright © 2003 tom murray

White-marked Tussock Moth - Orgyia leucostigma - Male
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
October 9, 2003
Contributed by tom murray on 13 December, 2005 - 5:52pm

We take it this is a male
since we've just seen those images of a wingless female (plus those lovely feathery antennae!)
… john and jane balaban, 13 December, 2005 - 6:26pm

 
Quite a difference
between the male and female. They don't look like the same species at all.
… tom murray, 13 December, 2005 - 7:10pm

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