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A FEW days ago, a female ground lackey (Malacosoma castrensis) was disturbed in daylight from its shelter in canvas in a loggia. It alighted on a table and commenced to vibrate its wings in a very small radial arc to attract the male. Bending low over the moth, I was astonished to hear a powerful, low-toned hum like that of a distant single-engined fighter. As the latter are not uncommon here, the observations were repeated to make sure the ear was not deceived.
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SILVESTER, N. Mating Call-note of Moths. Nature 150, 463 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150463b0
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