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Luna moth from above.
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Interesting insects
Two of the Upper Delaware regions more striking insect inhabitants made appearances last week. Though very different, both are attention-getters due to their large size and unusual physical characteristics, including eye-like spots that help to dissuade potential predators.
Harmless to humans, the Eastern eyed click beetle gets its name from the sharp snapping sound made by an overturned beetle as it rights itself by flipping into the air and landing upright. This clever trick is accomplished by inserting a fingerlike spine on the insects thorax into a groove in its middle thorax (see photo).
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