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Note on Goatmoth  

I’ve only ever read about the goatmoth (Cossus cossus—it smells like a goat); I’ve never seen the short-lived adult or the long-lived larva.  I once put in a few years of insect collecting as a boy; but after that Nature came out of books, often from curious monographs.  This little piece is an equal thrust at human sensibilities and the grossness of empires.

Alan Marshfield

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