Do you like moths?

Thanks for that. It was lovely. I’ve never forgotten on a camping holiday in Italy one year my son running up to me telling me to come and see what he thought was a Humming bird but it was, in fact a Hummingbird Hawk moth. And yes, thinking about it I don’t see as man moths as I used to. I did find a large caterpillar a couple of years ago that I put under a broken flowerpot in the garden. Someone on Facebook told me what it was. How did the lady in the video know what to feed the caterpillars on? I try to keep areas of stinging nettles in my garden for moths and butterflies. To my shame, when I was a child I used to keep caterpillars in jam jars and I bet they all died….

Chestnut

This thread is supposed to make you get all emotional when you watch the WHOLE of the video, not just the first bit. I was hoping people would get all warm and fuzzy about moths after seeing it.

I loved it Chestnut. Thanks for posting. It just shows what giving nature a helping hand can do. I was trying to identify the species. I think it's one of the Automeris of which over 124 species have been described. They have those distinctive markings which look like owl eyes on the hindwings. Emperor moths have similar markings but their forewings are more distinctive.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automeris

The antennae (at 3:16 in the film) look like skeleton leaves.

The Natural History Museum have this fun children's project to make a moth antennae headdress:

www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-make-a-moth-headdress.html

Neutral - don't like or dislike - still, I believe that every creature, even those I dislike (like wasps) has a rightful place in nature.

I love moths and if I happen to find a pupa or cocoon which is quite often digging over the garden. I put it somewhere safe so it can hatch I think they are fascinating. I am delighted if one I haven’t seen before comes into our garden.

Years ago I hired a sunbed and put it in a spare bedroom. Of course it got very hot beneath it, so I kept the window open. Imagine my horror when I realized a tickle on my chest was a huge moth. Sat up as fast as I could, knocked my head on the overhead tubes and fell off the bed. Do I like moths? That’s a no for me!

I was always terrified of moths when I was a child. The thing that worries me now is that they all seem to have disappeared. Summer nights used to be a nightmare for me with assorted moths banging into the windows or, even worse, getting into my bedroom and fluttering round the light. Now I never see any which surely must be a bad thing.

This thread is supposed to make you get all emotional when you watch the WHOLE of the video, not just the first bit. I was hoping people would get all warm and fuzzy about moths after seeing it.

No, I hate the little b******s that ate holes in my favourite cashmere hoody.

I like the big hawk moths.

Moths? My sworn enemy in the house!

I haven’t seen the video but I don’t mind moths too much. Not in my face, though. ?

Butterflies in large numbers are scary. We experienced swarms of them once when we lived abroad and it was horrible. Had to use the wipers on the car to be able to see and the walls were black with them and they left dusty imprints everywhere.

I might.
But I have a bit of a phobia about them

Oh snowberryZ, watch the film and you'll be moved. The young lady felt the same as you!

No they're horrible things.
The reason people like butterflies is because butterflies flap their wings gently and have thin bodies.
Moths wings move really quickly in a vibrating whirring way and they have these fat hairy disgusting bodies
And whereas a butterfly will stay out of your way a moth will dive bomb into you.
And if you accidentally squash one they are full of dust.

Can you tell I don't like moths?