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[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

naw. that's just a reallllly tiny finger.

They're huge. I got a Luna moth tangled in my hair while pitching a night softball game as a teenager. Had to call a time out to get it untangled, lol.

[–] Zgierwoj@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago

I think there are more types of moths, but these are cool nontheless

This one was in South Africa:

This one was in Colombia:

[–] eighty@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

does that say Io or is it actually 10 moths forming one mega moth? Please I need a win today

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Might be a binary (1, 0) moth 🤷

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Polyphemus moth has too many eyes

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Or maybe you have too few.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 weeks ago
[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Where I live the first one is quite common, we call it "bufaforats", it means hole blower.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)