Moth Facts Part II

Moth Facts Part II
Atlas Moth (Female) 
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1. The Luna moth is born without a mouth-it never eats or drinks.

2. Hummingbird moths wings beat 70 times per second.

3. Pellet like caterpillar excrement is called "Frass".

4. Male moths have larger antennae than females. Beneficial for detecting the pheromones released by females.

5. Pheromones can be dispersed through the tibia segment of the leg, scales on the wings or from the abdomin.

6. The Wooly Bear caterpillar we are all familiar with turns into......the Isabella Tiger Moth.

7. The Webworm caterpillars go into communal diapause.

8. Moths are capable of migration but they do so over much smaller distances.

9. Moths are active at different times of the night depending on species.

10. Giant Silkworm Moths have a 1 year life cycle.

11. Wing veins are useful for species identification - kinda like finger prints.

12. The Clearwing family of moths resembles other flying insects like hornets, wasps and even Hummingbirds.

13. Cecropia larvae grow to about 4" in length.

14. Moths can produce as many as 10 broods per year.

15. Feeding caterpillars can be in such large and concentrated numbers that you can actually hear them eat.

16. Pheromones released by females can be detected by the males from as much as 8 kilometers away.

17. Some Case Moth caterpillars (Psychidae) build a case around themselves that they always carry with them. It is made of silk and pieces of plants or soil.

18. The caterpillars of some Snout Moths (Pyralididae) live in or on water-plants.

19. The females of some moth species lack wings, all they can do to move is crawl.

20. The Morgan's Sphinx Moth from Madagascar has a proboscis (tube mouth) that is 12 to 14 inches long to get the nectar from the bottom of a 12 inch deep orchid discovered by Charles Darwin.

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