[NatureNS] primrose moth

Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 01:52:49 -0300
From: David Patriquin <patriqui@dal.ca>
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Thanks for the comment. I had wondered about the bubble.




Quoting Jim Edsall <jim.edsall@bellaliant.net>:

> Nice pictures David, notice the clear bubbles on the thorax. Several  
> brightly colored species of tiger moths exude bubbles of noxious  
> chemicals through their thorax to prevent predation. I've never  
> noticed Primrose Moth doing this but wonder if perhaps they do the  
> same thing.
>
> Jim Edsall
> Dartmouth, N.S.
> check out my website at
> http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jim.edsall/



David Patriquin
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