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Possibly...will revise if I get a better ID. Some obvious predation from Henricia, though I don't know if they caused those large wounds on the left.

≈26m depth
47 degrees F

Sample # 230806_A

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Two moths reared from mines on Capsicum annum fruit (the upside-down one dead, the other still alive, though with a less upright posture than initially, I should note--I was afraid they would fly away before I could get photos if I took them out immediately). I'm including a lot of images here, since they're the first of the species on iNat.

See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66665710 for mines and pupa/pupae of these individuals.

Drama. These guys all normally get along pretty well, but here a squirrel decided to start something and nearly got kicked in the head as reward. Moments later they were back to munching sunflower seeds side-by-side again.