[NatureNS] primrose moth

From: "Jim Edsall" <jim.edsall@bellaliant.net>
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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.
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