Moth displays relatively large protuberances

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nope

also nope

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Reeeeaaaally wish I hadnā€™t clicked on that.

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ā€¦and I just threw up.

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ā€œCrikey, heā€™s a feisty one!!ā€

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Thatā€™s disgusting! Iā€™d like some creationist to explain just what exactly god or anybody else had in mind with that stunt.

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Obviously a Japanese moth.

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This isnā€™t as disgusting as I thought. If you want disgusting click the link below!
You were warned!

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Hereā€™s the YouTube video of Markā€™s GIF http://youtu.be/QQlhGT2VMOQ

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On the other hand, my first thought was ā€œwhere is your god now?!ā€

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What are we looking at here? Is that a moth getting a hard-on? Iā€™d like to know the context of the GIF

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If I am googling correctly, it is an androconial organ ā€” an inflatable scent gland used in mating.

from Dietary alkaloids and the development of androconial organs in Estigmene acrea - PMC

Male salt marsh moths, Estigmene acrea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), possess inflatable androconial organs called coremata. Prior to mating males form aggregations and inflate their coremata en masse.

Thereā€™s a lovely picture for you.

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ā€œClick on this image of a moth ***if you want your nightmares to be made real.***ā€

FTFY.

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unsee button please.

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What you gonā€™ do with all that junk,
that junk everted from your trunk?
Iā€™ma lure an inamorata,
lure her with my coremata!

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Okay, so these are ā€˜relatively large protuberancesā€™.
Which suggests there also are ā€˜freaking HUGE protuberancesā€™ out thereā€¦

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Now thatā€™s a ā€œgrower,ā€ ladies.

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So I suppose thatā€™s the cockroach cluster they are talking about here:

(Within the context of this thread - be very, very warned)

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Unicorn chaser pls. Ideally one without a stimulated horn growth

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Nah, this is the completely harmless version. Try Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl.