Photo 81495564, (c) Kimberlie Sasan, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kimberlie Sasan

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What

Poison Ivy Leaf-miner Moth (Cameraria guttifinitella)

Observer

kimberlietx

Date

June 27, 2020 11:47 PM CDT

Description

Reared from mines collected 6/17/20
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50300182

Cooled to get photos. (Last image of upside down moth is immediately after removing from refrigeration, not dead.) It maintained this "headstand" posture most of the time. As it was warming up, it was able to walk around quickly, but would find a spot and return to the headstand position. I set it aside to see if it would lower the tail end during resting, but 45 minutes later it was still sitting in the same position and had not moved. I gave it a tiny bump and it flew off. Released in the wild afterward.

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