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"Goodbye, Mom"
Green Lynx Peucetia viridans
One of hundreds of Green Lynx instars seems to linger on its mother's leg for a final "Goodbye" prior to "ballooning" away on a light breeze. At this stage the mother will crawl away and die having completed her one-year life cycle.