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Image: Day flying Bella Moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) seeks shelter on a Rattlebox Blossom (Crotalaria sp.) - Juno Dunes Natural Area - 24 Dec. 2011

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Description: A day flying Bella moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) seeks shelter on a rattlebox blossom (Crotalaria sp.) during a brief sun shower at Juno Dunes Natural Area. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the Crotalaria plants and seeds end up in the larva and adult Bella moth, offering them some protection from predators. (Maybe Crotalaria retusa).
Title: Day flying Bella Moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) seeks shelter on a Rattlebox Blossom (Crotalaria sp.) - Juno Dunes Natural Area - 24 Dec. 2011
Credit: Bella Moth on Crotalaria
Author: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!
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