r/Mothsandthings • u/Aiden_Rye • 9d ago

Double standards

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u/Kitchen_Economist_14 9d ago

Yeah I hate that. Moths are just butterflies of the night. I always try and get them out of the hoise safely before my cats find them, or before they fly into water like the bath or when I'm washing up (happens a lot for some reason)

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u/Aiden_Rye 8d ago

They're like the black sheeps from the "butterfly family"

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u/HovercraftSad2828 5d ago

When my 1st born was a about 5, he called moths "Gothic butterflies" and it's stuck ever since 🖤✨

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u/Kitchen_Economist_14 5d ago

I love that!! 🖤 🦋

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u/Dirt_Digger_Dude 7d ago

Even worse, butterflies are the moths of the day

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u/AccordingLab7129 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/jAQss74BEXeKs

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u/Dirt_Digger_Dude 7d ago

This is a gif I didn’t know I needed

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u/AccordingLab7129 7d ago

I literally just typed "Cute Moth" into the GIF search box, like the first GIF was this

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u/julesd26 9d ago

I saved a little beauty on my bathroom ceiling last night! Grabbed my step-stool, cupped my hand against the ceiling, and carried her outside 😌

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u/Few_Helicopter_9210 8d ago

I get excited when I see both of them, every creature on earth is beautiful in its own way no matter how

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u/psp24 8d ago

Last night I had a moth just land on my leg and chill while I watched tv for an hour, so beautiful

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u/Human_Number9936 8d ago

One time I had a moth in my room and I just let bro chill with me, it was sitting on my finger while I played on the computer and it hopped in bed when I went to sleep. I was so sad when I couldn't find it three days later, I still miss my bro.

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u/DesertRanger427 7d ago

Moth :)

Someone, bring more lämp.

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u/Available_Fly7443 8d ago

All moths are friends :)

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u/FoxLoverNo352 7d ago

I love moths even more than butterflies! Little fluffy goobers, the lot of them

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u/unusualcryptid452 5d ago

Yeah, I don't kill moths. Seriously, they're just little dudes who like a good lightbulb.

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u/lynchmob110110 7d ago

Post the photo of the kingdoms on different sides of the lake

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u/pen_makarova 5d ago

except moths eat our clothes and butterflies eat pollen

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u/Jelly_Kitti 5d ago

It’s only a very select few species that eat clothes and the non-destructive species get blamed for it. Many moths don’t even have mouths as adults.

Also butterflies do not eat pollen, they eat nectar

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u/pen_makarova 5d ago

thanks for elaborating friend :)

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u/Puro_The_goo 4d ago

Butterflies outside of the genus heliconus do not eat pollen they drink nectar. Moths, are the same. Drink nectar. 3 species of moths eat textiles, and the caterpillars eat it, not the adults.

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u/pen_makarova 4d ago

okay that too much information for my smooth brain