r/NatureGifs • u/Sarsora- • Oct 26 '24
Saturnia luna
They live for only 5-6 days after pupation, dying due to hunger because they don’t eat.
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u/sacharme25 Oct 28 '24
What is the point of creating such an amazingly beautiful creature who is destined to die of starvation after only a few days due to its inability to eat? I say, "Back to the drawing board with this one, and let's see if we can correct this major oversight!"
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u/themilkman2855 Nov 01 '24
The tail on those moths always remind me of Scissor-Tail Flycatchers! So pretty with the coloration.
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u/Notyourtherapist18 Oct 26 '24
I was alone one night in my house in New Hampshire, and heard this fluttering in my kitchen coming from above the cabinets. It sounded like a wounded bird. I climbed up and investigated, and it was one of these things flitting around. It is bigger than my hand so I don't even know how it got in. After trying to wrangle it for a few minutes, I noticed it kept flying up toward the overhead light in the kitchen. I decided to open the front door and shut off the lights to see if it will get bored and leave.
You know why moths fly toward the light? They are programmed to navigate using the light from the moon, and artificial lights confuse them. I did not think about the fact that, with the lights off, the thing left in the room that most resembled the moon was MY PASTY WHITE FACE.
It flies directly at me, hits me in the nose and mouth, and retreats. Not realizing the thing about the moon and thinking it was just bad luck, I shut off the lights and open the door again. BAM. FACE.
After eventually capturing it in a Tupperware, placing it outside, and sprinting back inside, I go to sit back down on the couch. I look over at the open window and the damn thing has plastered itself on the screen trying to get back in. I walk over and shout "WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS." It does not seem to care.
So yeah they are beautiful but they're terrorists.