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During a mushroom foray (Basing Forest) someone found this. The eggs reminded me of those of the Vapourer moth Orgyia antiqua but seemed an excessive output for one small moth. On further thought,, only a flightless moth would lay all its eggs in one location, and not increase their survival chances by spreading them around the forest. So I think is must be this species, in which the female has only rudimentary wings.
With the subject and camera both hand-held, the plane of focus is not quite right.
Harold
© Harold Gough 2015
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