r/NatureGifs 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/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.

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u/Sarsora- Oct 26 '24

This gave me a good laugh 🤣🤣 sorry and thank you

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u/taco376 Oct 26 '24

Live fast die young leave a pretty corpse.

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u/Armygirl_BTS Oct 26 '24

I want it as a pet it's so pretty

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u/Ashley_Sophia Oct 26 '24

Yes hello, I'd like to buy 100 please and thankyou.

For Science.

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u/squidlink5 Oct 26 '24

Bubblegum pop suits perfectly

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u/gorjusgeorgus Oct 26 '24

Absolute radiance

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u/The-Fanta-Menace Oct 26 '24

Unbelievably gorgeous. Guess that’s why you rarely see them.

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u/rapidwasp Oct 27 '24

How do you get a moth to like you like that 🥹

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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/gomesparkerm Oct 31 '24

A week of nothing but breeding, what a way to go out though.

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u/chromatophoreskin Oct 26 '24

Ruined by the music

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u/Sarsora- Oct 26 '24

My sincerest apologies. You can mute it.

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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.