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    • Close up of the antennae of a male Ichneutica ceraunias moth
    Rights: Photo by Birgit Rhode, Landcare Research, Creative Commons 4.0 Published 14 September 2017 Size: 190 KB Referencing Hub media

    An extreme close up of the antennae of a moth. This is a male Ichneutica ceraunias moth, native to New Zealand.

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