An ode to moths and their breathtaking biophysics

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Originally published at: An ode to moths and their breathtaking biophysics | Boing Boing

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Flying Inoshiro Honda GIF by Turner Classic Movies

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Never mind the oversized kaiju. The real mothpocalypse is when they invade by the millions, as they do in New Mexico every five or six years (last time was 2020; usually army cutworm moths). These suckers can damage your car by clogging up the radiator or in extreme cases covering your windshield at night on I-25.

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:thinking: Are you sure nobody in the area is playing this on a loop? :wink:

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Super bummed that I can’t find a clip of Peter Strickland’s Mothlight homage from Duke of Burgundy

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loop moth GIF
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ETA: for those of you who love lepidoptera, there is an artist in NY who makes absolutely beautiful supersized moth and butterfly sculptures. I own a luna moth and it brings me much joy! Her shop updates are ever other month or so and she always posts about it on her instagram

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Arthur Askey covered the mothly life nicely in his own ode to the critters:

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