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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Butterflies Get All the Glory

Look at these beautiful moths! 

Regal Walnut Moth - Source
White Moth - Source

Pink Star Moth - Source

I prefer moths over butterflies. There is a delicate subtle beauty to them, like they belong more in nature than butterflies do... I think I feel that way because their colors are more nature colored and their habits seem more reasonable for nature -- quite unlike butterflies with their daytime gallivanting, irreverently flashing around their unnatural hues!

Wavy-lined Heterocampa - Source

Moths also beat out butterflies in the cuddle-factor department.  Their modified scales give them a cute furry apperance... just look at them!  They're almost like flying hamsters!  Last I checked, hamsters are generally more cuddly than arthropods (which I love too!  Just not for cuddling.)

Flannel MothSource

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