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Annie | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +1 
 Look at the sting!

Buchenstreckfuß (funny name in German, couldn't find the English translation)

#InsectSaturday #Raupen #Insekten #Insects #Woodland #Wald #Mecklenburg #NaturePhotography

https://media.ruhr.social/ruhr-social/media_attachments/files/111/192/802/472/029/192/original/acd9623acccc6fef.jpg
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07255bdd | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @214f1eda Wow! That's amazing.
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005f943f | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @214f1eda Perhaps “pale tussock”?

🔗 https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/pale-tussock
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59a24a58 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @214f1eda it looks soooo ... cuddly ❤
Buchen-Streckfuß is in Dutch called "Meriansborstel", after the German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian.
The English name is the "Pale Tussock".

And as a moth one could call it quite a dull animal, but the caterpillars are very colourful 🐛