I am an adult Cucumber moth
Notice my butt looks like a tiny string mop
I wasn't so cute as a caterpillar
I ate and destroyed cucurbits crops.
Sources: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/ppp/text/web_full/entities/cucumber_moth_033.htm
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