Moth Evolution We Can See
>> Thursday, November 6, 2008
Butterflies and moths are harmless animals, right? I mean, until today, even I thought they were. They only drink nectar or fruit and fly around getting drunk. They don't have anything that can hurt you. Well, this was until I read a Halloween post on Wildlife Promise, a blog run by the National Wildlife Federation. On this post I saw something AMAZING. The following video is from the National Geographic website.
You can find out more here. Scary, huh? This really freaked me out a bit. Happy little moths are evolving a thirst for BLOOD?!?!?! eek! Nature is amazing.They have been dubbed vampire moths. I am just happy that, as of yet, they are found only in Russia near the China border. I can't wait to see what we find out about these guys.
10 comments:
Hola. Here I am on another break from grading! Wow, you always seem to run across the most interesting at sometimes creepy facts. Muy interesante y espantoso!
@sealaura... I have a knack for that! hehe.
Creepy but so interesting.....nature never ceases to amaze me......
@ cheryl... it really is amazing, isn't it?
Vampire moths! Yuk! Glad we don't have any here.
@ wendy... me too!
totally blew me away, glad we don't have them in sunny Florida or do we?
@ the queen... no. so far they are only found in this one area in Russia.
Dear Mimi,
Oh my goodness. Well,I guess I would give a few drops if my Tiger Swallowtails just had to have some yummy blood. I would rather not.
Wow, very interesting. Mother Nature is astounding.
Great find on your part.
Vampire moths who would have thought??
Sherry
@ Sherry, the funny part is we always make a joke at the farm saying "don't worry, we don't have any vampire butterflies today" but now they're real so it's not that funny anymore! :D
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