I'm no Lepidopterist (yes, I had to look this term up) but the Moths around here amazing. I've never seen sooooo many different species. I must confess that we have collected an assortment on our front porch thanks to our porch light attracting so many throughout the night. Some manage to survive the heat, but others aren't quite as lucky. We finally had to make a doggie door/moth barrier on our screen door. Before we thought of this handy contraption, we had a neighborhood block party of moths enter our house every time we let the doggies out at night. Even if we only had the door opened for 2 seconds and timed it just right so the lights were turned off right before we opened the door to let them dogs in, the moths would infiltrate. Don't get me wrong, I think they're beautiful and all, but they're pretty annoying flying around the bedroom when you're trying to sleep. Now if I could just train them to start making me some silk. Maybe I'll have Cooper start working on that. A fun summer project for our little Moth Whisperer.
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In college we would go moth hunting with sheets and lights at night. It was LOADS of fun to see all the different kinds of moths out at night. Do you get the big ones (like in the picture with Coop) in your house fluttering around? If so I can see how that would be very distracting.
The big ones don't really come in the house...just the little ugly brown ones that leave moth dust/residue on everything. It's the worst when they get caught in a lamp shade. Especially the lamp shade right beside my bed.
When I was really little my parents owned a "bug zapper" and when the big beetles or moths got into those they would zap and smoke. . . it was awful. And then we would all comment about how big and gigantic the insect must have been to make such a racket. In hindsight those zappers aren't very effective. I can still remember the distinctive sound the zapper made each time it got an insect in there.
I knew a girl once who was really afraid of moths, but not butterflies. They are kinda the same thing....
Cool lookin big moth!
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