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Amata huebneri
I was taking a series of shots of this day-flying wasp moth mid-afternoon when suddenly, its hair-pencil extruded. Within seconds, the hair-pencil retracted. Was it feeling some sort of threat?
Spotted it on the under a leaf of Bird's-nest fern in the backyard.
Spotted on Jul 22, 2013
Submitted on Jul 22, 2013
![[g] Amata - mating](https://lh5.ggpht.com/6CLt1c74FWbLG9HU9ZZI7zPT0hyj1r3Pgld_4wTQF95aiEG-5m23RTYL69LKwWnmRk86XsXnbsuyL8wM5M4=s62-c)
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Hair-pencil on Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair-pencil...