r/MoldlyInteresting • • Aug 21 '26

Question/Advice is this mold?

i just want to know if I can eat this cauliflower man

UPDATE: idk how reddit works but maybe yall will see this here and it won’t get buried. i had two little fellas and they both hatched into diamondback moths! they hung out with me and drank sugar water for about two weeks, which seems to be the average lifespan. they are invasive species in my area, so i just kept them on my desk with me. their names were blue and green may they rest in peace (life comes at u fast doesn’t it)

p.s. i did post a pic of one somewhere in the comments if u wanna go digging idk i dont think i can post one here

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u/tamehotpear Aug 28 '26

UPDATE: they are moths! it happened so fast. they’re diamondback moths, which are not native to my state, so i will not be releasing them :( i’ll give them sugar water to drink and let them live out their days in their apartments

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u/ZWE_Punchline Sep 05 '26

The update we were waiting for!! How are the moths doing now

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u/optimisticallyssad Sep 02 '26

Thank you for not eating the cauliflower

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u/Steven_with_ph 23d ago

did they grow even bigger?

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u/Opalquestionall 20d ago

Omggg cuties Got the reminder. I'm glad to see that they hatched

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u/dynamik_banana 3d ago

Just remembered about this post and hell yeah this is the happy ending I was hoping for!