There is a kind of moth, the peppered moth, which favorite tree is the birch. And while a birch is usually white, exhaust fumes and other black nastiness caused trees around factories to become dark. Which can be quite a problem if you're a white moth.
I thought the image of the unadapted moth against the dark bark was quite striking.
On account of the technique behind this picture: it's not a cut out. It's also not made with masking fluid, because I don't own that (I would have loved to though while making this, would've saved me some headaches). It's just made by extreme carefulness.
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