Moth caterpillar in teasel. Cutaway teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) dead-head, showing the larva of an Endothenia sp. tortrix moth over-wintering inside. P

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Moth caterpillar in teasel. Cutaway teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) dead-head, showing the larva of an Endothenia sp. tortrix moth over-wintering inside. Photographed in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, UK, in February.

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Photo credit: © DR. JOHN BRACKENBURY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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