caterpillar starting to spin the first silk strands to then wrap itself up in a leaf and become a chrysalis

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Size: 5120px × 3428px
Location: Kemsing, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
Photo credit: © Yon Marsh Natural History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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