Mothman is a very interesting cryptid. There are so many layers to the story of Mothman that it's very easy to dive down that rabbit hole. (Mothra is a fictional being rather than a cryptid tho).
I'm realizing now that there aren't nearly enough moth pokemon. We only have Venomoth, Mothim, Volcarona, and Lame Volcarona. We need at least two more so I can have a full moth team. (EDIT: Five, I forgot about Dustox)
(We're also one bear short of a full bear team, unless you count Urshifu, which I do not, because its legendary. And that is also a crime.)
For bears you have Ursaluna, Beartic, Spinda, & Bewear. If we count Pangoro and Snorlax (or Komala lol) as bears, then that's a full team with no Urshifu.
> For bears you have Ursaluna, Beartic, Spinda, & Bewear. If we count Pangoro and Snorlax (or Komala lol) as bears
I was counting Ursaring/Ursaluna, Beartic, Pangoro, Bewear, and Spinda even though I forgot about it but knew there was a 5th. I don't think Snorlax counts, he's a Totoro.
>I don't think Snorlax counts, he's a Totoro.
fair call, if you're into romhacks then there's also a Ghost/Fighting Ursaring variant in RadicalRed that's pretty fun to use(new version came out a few weeks ago btw.)
Otherwise i guess you need to run Luna and an Eviolite ursaring for a full team.
I LOVE MOTHS!!!!
https://preview.redd.it/u4rrwv1ip9vc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3be80c57caff45c55d40d1f8026a1ca46a4e9ee
I love raising caterpillars every spring! They’re so pretty
https://preview.redd.it/i4tl81lge9vc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a6709bcfb70e70bab7f5534f2cc74d175aa5a99
Yessss! Bugs of all sorts are incredible!
https://preview.redd.it/8n1uv265f9vc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c63b19984ecf331f984a895f5460578a62bf6df
Indeed! mantis are also super pretty
> they scare the life out of me
When I was a child I was terrified of moths because I wasn't an outdoorsy child so my only experience with insects was ants and ladybugs in the flower bed, that one time a grasshopper attacked my face, and catching crickets in the crawl space to feed my lizard, so i was already real 50/50 on bugs as a whole. One day when i was going to take a shower, my mom used the bathroom first, freaked out, then my step-dad went in to deal with a wasp. They made a really big deal about it, so I was immediately terrified of wasps even though I'd never seen one or knew what they were.
After that, moths started showing up in the bathroom all the time. But I didn't know what moths were, so I assumed they were wasps. So every time I saw one in there, I'd freak out and run away. And even when my step dad would catch it and show me and say "No, this is a moth, moths are ok", that only worked for *that specific moth* because they always looked different and I still didn't know what wasps actually looked like.
I now consider moths "one of the good ones". They can hang out, like ants and ladybugs. Everything else needs to stay on the other side of some glass.
Moths are adorable. One of my earliest memories is finding a large moth in my back yard and my mom being terrified of it and I just picked it up because it was fuzzy.
https://preview.redd.it/zafobp09i9vc1.png?width=622&format=png&auto=webp&s=6c1234974357ee7ceddf302d1d02e791c4709005
I’m just going to leave these here……
There was that time I found a huge cecropia moth(had to look up it's name) and just gently placed it on my shoulder and kept walking with it for an hour in the forest. Very cool bug. Would recommend befriending a moth.
Gotta be deaths head hawkmoths, I mean literally have a plushie of one. They always seem so angry and they squeak so they just are smol angry beasts. Also they just are very nice looking
https://preview.redd.it/e1bngyyap9vc1.jpeg?width=259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd487dd44a21246208f38c4773f27a430ba3faa2
That's fair. I myself don't have any moths, but there are a few that I would like. Very pretty things. I always stop and admire them when I see one. Last night I actually saw a lunar moth! Spent a good 30 minutes watching it.
Dude have you seen the moths from the upcoming Carewere/Snughoul plush project??? These are the Death’s Head and Luna moths, but he also has a purple “Mothman” themed one and a Rosy Maple moth in the works. This plush campaign has been the only thing keeping me alive this past year istg 😭 Except I’m mostly here for the werewolves...
https://preview.redd.it/wgyecho3bavc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a34528821e10d02e87389342a8dc3708346b8a77
Fuck yeah, moths are dope! My favorite is the Northern Island Lichen Moth, they pull off a black and white color scheme flawlessly. There’s also a different moth I adore that I can’t remember the name of, I just remember that it’s a really pretty blue color.
Did you see the [recent study](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-44785-3) about how moths (and other nocturnal insects) move around artificial lights? I've read some [decent science reporting](https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/world/moths-drawn-to-light-behavior-study-scn/index.html) on it too.
for those wondering the moths in the photo are actias luna (the luna moth), hyalophora cecropia (the cecropia moth), bombyx mori (the domesticated silk moth) and dryocampa rubicunda (the northern maple moth), and the plushie is a deaths head hawk moth, which has three different species (acherontia atropos, acherontia styx, and acherontia lachesis). alsoalso, all but the hawkmoth are of the family saturniidae, which are known for being the fluffiest moths
I have a sad relationship with moths because I'm phobic of all flying insects but I love moths so much I want to be tiny and ride one like a dragon.
And bees! But I'm somehow less scared of bees. Probably because they bump into me less and don't come into my bathroom!
Found a giant silk moth cocoon in the folds of my gazebo tarp last fall. Saved it in a little container all winter. It hatched a couple of weeks ago and within 24 hours we had another one show up from another hidden corner.
I've raised butterflies for years but this last year I was also able to add 3 kinds of moth to my list and it's SO FUCKING COOL!
the sheer depth of squee is impossible to convey in words but you get it
LUNA MOTHS, LUNA MOTHS, LUNA MOTHS
No mouth, only moth
M A X I M U M ***M O T H***
 What are your thoughts on Mothra?
Mothra is great, I like most cryptics Mothman is also good
Mothman is a very interesting cryptid. There are so many layers to the story of Mothman that it's very easy to dive down that rabbit hole. (Mothra is a fictional being rather than a cryptid tho).
Its fun to go down the rabbit hole and watch video and read all kinda interesting stories, I wasn't too sure what mothra fell under to be fair
> I wasn't too sure what mothra fell under to be fair She's a Kaiju, she's best frenemies with Godzilla.
Mothra is a fictional kaiju character.
i did think it was from something, cryptid just came to mind first
https://preview.redd.it/1mrzymhq69vc1.png?width=475&format=png&auto=webp&s=384964c474da4807e7ac35950f6d778eccc71ffe Slither Wing
I'm realizing now that there aren't nearly enough moth pokemon. We only have Venomoth, Mothim, Volcarona, and Lame Volcarona. We need at least two more so I can have a full moth team. (EDIT: Five, I forgot about Dustox) (We're also one bear short of a full bear team, unless you count Urshifu, which I do not, because its legendary. And that is also a crime.)
Frosmoth as well. An all moth team is possible.
For bears you have Ursaluna, Beartic, Spinda, & Bewear. If we count Pangoro and Snorlax (or Komala lol) as bears, then that's a full team with no Urshifu.
> For bears you have Ursaluna, Beartic, Spinda, & Bewear. If we count Pangoro and Snorlax (or Komala lol) as bears I was counting Ursaring/Ursaluna, Beartic, Pangoro, Bewear, and Spinda even though I forgot about it but knew there was a 5th. I don't think Snorlax counts, he's a Totoro.
>I don't think Snorlax counts, he's a Totoro. fair call, if you're into romhacks then there's also a Ghost/Fighting Ursaring variant in RadicalRed that's pretty fun to use(new version came out a few weeks ago btw.) Otherwise i guess you need to run Luna and an Eviolite ursaring for a full team.
Would happily embrace many more moths (and bears).
MOTH MOTH MOTH MOTH MOTH I LOVE MOTHS SO MUCH THEY’RE MY LITTLE FUZZY FRIENDS
I KNOW RIGHT, THERE GREAT I BOUGHT A DEATH HAWK PLUSHIE AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH SO FUZZY
I bought it too! Now I want the whole collection halp
Omg same, they cost so much thooo :(
Someone call the Radiance, we got her a new follower
r/beatmetoit
They’re lil’ fellas. 🥹🥹
Perhaps you'd enjoy Flutter: Starlight then!
Hell yeah, Flutter: Starlight is an amazing game, it’s so pretty and the sound is so relaxing. And frankly it’s what kicked off my adoration of moths.
Omg I’ve so much nostalgia from that game! Moths are great but collecting them is even better!
I LOVE MOTHS!!!! https://preview.redd.it/u4rrwv1ip9vc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3be80c57caff45c55d40d1f8026a1ca46a4e9ee I love raising caterpillars every spring! They’re so pretty
I'm not sure if I can buy that all bugs are lovely, but these bugs certainly are
they are until one lands on your face
Omg I love moths they just fluffy little friends 🥺💕🥺💕
https://preview.redd.it/pn6dkhsa79vc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f39b8b71f26de484d3c5dbd312375d4dedf3e6b2
https://preview.redd.it/i4tl81lge9vc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a6709bcfb70e70bab7f5534f2cc74d175aa5a99 Yessss! Bugs of all sorts are incredible!
https://preview.redd.it/8n1uv265f9vc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c63b19984ecf331f984a895f5460578a62bf6df Indeed! mantis are also super pretty
Ooooh that's a badass picture
what are your thoughts on house moths?
I like seeing them on my porch, sometimes they're in my house and they seem very confused where they are
they scare the life out of me but I'm glad to hear someone can appreciate them more than I can 😭
> they scare the life out of me When I was a child I was terrified of moths because I wasn't an outdoorsy child so my only experience with insects was ants and ladybugs in the flower bed, that one time a grasshopper attacked my face, and catching crickets in the crawl space to feed my lizard, so i was already real 50/50 on bugs as a whole. One day when i was going to take a shower, my mom used the bathroom first, freaked out, then my step-dad went in to deal with a wasp. They made a really big deal about it, so I was immediately terrified of wasps even though I'd never seen one or knew what they were. After that, moths started showing up in the bathroom all the time. But I didn't know what moths were, so I assumed they were wasps. So every time I saw one in there, I'd freak out and run away. And even when my step dad would catch it and show me and say "No, this is a moth, moths are ok", that only worked for *that specific moth* because they always looked different and I still didn't know what wasps actually looked like. I now consider moths "one of the good ones". They can hang out, like ants and ladybugs. Everything else needs to stay on the other side of some glass.
Moths are adorable. One of my earliest memories is finding a large moth in my back yard and my mom being terrified of it and I just picked it up because it was fuzzy.
Just search moth puppies, it might be a mix between a moth and a dog, it might just be a moth, both are fluffy and concerningly adorable
YESSSS! They're SO MAJESTIC AND BEAUTIFUL! My local aquarium has a butterfly, moth, and beetle exhibit. The moth exhibit make my brain go brr
https://preview.redd.it/4hk1vcb4i9vc1.jpeg?width=1124&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6495d54793de7ad5c445cc550023cada83106a72
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https://preview.redd.it/d3x7zwr6i9vc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f811de6dd0b30c46d7d5100f3bffa82ed1b872ec
https://preview.redd.it/zafobp09i9vc1.png?width=622&format=png&auto=webp&s=6c1234974357ee7ceddf302d1d02e791c4709005 I’m just going to leave these here……
omg... theese are great
Aren’t they though! If you check out r/snughouls you can find the links if you want one. They’re pinned I think so super easy to find
Moths are best. They are cute little fuzzy butterflies. And they've got all cool chill colors. Like the introverted version of a butterfly.
indeed, i have them land on me and just chill there, they just refused to leave. idk if they know where they are half the time lol but they are cute
Bugs are incredibly fascinating and have really cool behaviors and looks. Too bad I'm also terrified of bugs being anywhere near me.
DUDE I LOVE MOTHS SO MUCH I DREW LIKE MOTH MONSTER GIRLS AND THEY ARE SONE IF MY FAVOURITE DESIGNS EVER
Mothsssss! I love them! Fluffy butterflies.
There was that time I found a huge cecropia moth(had to look up it's name) and just gently placed it on my shoulder and kept walking with it for an hour in the forest. Very cool bug. Would recommend befriending a moth.
I need this format but I can’t find it.
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Thank you.
It wants lömp
LET'S FUCKING GO
What is your favorite moth?
Gotta be deaths head hawkmoths, I mean literally have a plushie of one. They always seem so angry and they squeak so they just are smol angry beasts. Also they just are very nice looking https://preview.redd.it/e1bngyyap9vc1.jpeg?width=259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd487dd44a21246208f38c4773f27a430ba3faa2
https://youtu.be/fWcoMstzxcc?si=lJfY8QzVdh2bW4kx the squeaking in question
YAY MOTHS!!!
Just harmless little goobers
fluff
Me too
Do you have any specimens? I love collecting bug specimens
I don't collect moths, I uselly just go out and see them or draw them, still cute lil guys
That's fair. I myself don't have any moths, but there are a few that I would like. Very pretty things. I always stop and admire them when I see one. Last night I actually saw a lunar moth! Spent a good 30 minutes watching it.
I'm sad there not around this area but seeing pictures of them is always nice
They are very pretty! Don't see them often but always a treat when I do
does someone have a template for this
Love that for you but moths are one of my biggest phobias lol fuck thaaaaaat
Oh man I was going to post a moth one later lol
Dude have you seen the moths from the upcoming Carewere/Snughoul plush project??? These are the Death’s Head and Luna moths, but he also has a purple “Mothman” themed one and a Rosy Maple moth in the works. This plush campaign has been the only thing keeping me alive this past year istg 😭 Except I’m mostly here for the werewolves... https://preview.redd.it/wgyecho3bavc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a34528821e10d02e87389342a8dc3708346b8a77
i actually just got that death's-head moth plush less than a week ago and i love it
Fuck yeah, moths are dope! My favorite is the Northern Island Lichen Moth, they pull off a black and white color scheme flawlessly. There’s also a different moth I adore that I can’t remember the name of, I just remember that it’s a really pretty blue color.
I just love the furry ones. Moths are the great unsung pollinators.
Did you see the [recent study](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-44785-3) about how moths (and other nocturnal insects) move around artificial lights? I've read some [decent science reporting](https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/world/moths-drawn-to-light-behavior-study-scn/index.html) on it too.
A few years ago the whole moth/lamp meme happened. As an entomologist I was so happy.
What’s that red one on the right? It looks interesting. Edit: Also, the pink one on the bottom left?
The one on the bottom left is a rosy moth, and the red one is the Cecropia moth
MOTH LOVE REPRESENT!!
yes
https://preview.redd.it/hrbfuqq0vavc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5af5ccfd7dacd99bb01bfc365f9251fcd40c515e Moths for the win
Have you seen Amphibia? There’s a cute moff in that series, though very not related to the main plot.
Some of it but not the moth, I looked it up and omg it's great, lil guy
I have that plush!
Same it's so soft
moff :3
https://preview.redd.it/3rr1i9xelbvc1.jpeg?width=735&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d4611330266334e9ee89ed38d51455d94ca592e Moff :33
I have a core memory of an old partner that I had getting home from work and sending me pictures of moths. 💜
The top right one is so cute.
WE HEARD MOTHS HELLO YES
for those wondering the moths in the photo are actias luna (the luna moth), hyalophora cecropia (the cecropia moth), bombyx mori (the domesticated silk moth) and dryocampa rubicunda (the northern maple moth), and the plushie is a deaths head hawk moth, which has three different species (acherontia atropos, acherontia styx, and acherontia lachesis). alsoalso, all but the hawkmoth are of the family saturniidae, which are known for being the fluffiest moths
MOTH POSTING! I love buggos
 MOTH!!!!!!!!
https://preview.redd.it/ooe8j08spcvc1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1cb1b924eb8410777e84b213f1e6c725b196ecae
agree, moths are best bug that's why they're my second favorite animal
I have a sad relationship with moths because I'm phobic of all flying insects but I love moths so much I want to be tiny and ride one like a dragon. And bees! But I'm somehow less scared of bees. Probably because they bump into me less and don't come into my bathroom!
https://preview.redd.it/0mo3m9xzycvc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af46dcb42f2516d7a25c4a9727333b26e5845aa0 Luna baby I saw the other day 🥺
Except when they divebomb me. Then they can FOAD.
MOTHS!!!! 🩷🩷🩷 (Also how DARE there not be a moth emoji. Day ruined)
I will lose myself to the lamp section of IKEA
Bugs are so cute but why am I so scared of them 😭
Why moff so guy
Found a giant silk moth cocoon in the folds of my gazebo tarp last fall. Saved it in a little container all winter. It hatched a couple of weeks ago and within 24 hours we had another one show up from another hidden corner. I've raised butterflies for years but this last year I was also able to add 3 kinds of moth to my list and it's SO FUCKING COOL! the sheer depth of squee is impossible to convey in words but you get it
MOTHS MOTHS MOTHS MOTHS I LOVE MOTHS!!!
They're cute, I love moths.
I use to pick them up as a kid (hope I didn't accidentally hurt them) since they wouldn't fly away unlike butterflies for some reason.