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Transformation
When a comet moth emerges from its cocoon it is a limp, ugly thing. As it gulps air and inflates its wings it changes shape and reveals handsome patterns. A quarter of an hour passes and the forewings are almost fully developed. In an hour the moth has competed its transformation. The male has longer pennants than the female.
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