World’s Weirdest Moths

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	World’s Weirdest Moths
valann 47
9-30-2008 12:31 PM
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moths, weird, beautiful, lepidoptera
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9-30-2008 6:52 PM
happyhomemaker29
Some of those were too cool, and some were just divinely gorgeous.
9-30-2008 9:33 PM
tanyamm
The Luna moth is beautiful but really strange.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/aa036604-da07-4d9e-90b6-c6bc30f9078f/D95344C7-20F8-4EE7-BC72-25ECF427AF23/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://artsonearth.com/2008/09/worlds-weirdest-moths.html" href="http://artsonearth.com/2008/09/worlds-weirdest-moths.html" style="font-size: 11px;">artsonearth.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artsonearth.com/2008/09/worlds-weirdest-moths.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/artsonearth.com/img/E977A849-081D-4C3A-82AC-8ED8613A4C17" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artsonearth.com/2008/09/worlds-weirdest-moths.html"><DIV>Butterflies and moths belong to the order Lepidoptera, which is derived from the Greek words for "scaled wing." There are over 180,000 species in this order, only about 10 percent, however, are butterflies - the rest are moths. The first primitive moths evolved over 140 million years ago (butterflies, the belles of the ball, came fashionably late about 40 million years ago).</DIV><BR /><DIV>Moths are usually glossed over for butterflies, their "prettier, more attractive" cousins. But no more! Neatorama is setting the record straight: moths are truly awesome bugs! Here are some of the strangest and most beautiful moths of the world</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artsonearth.com/2008/09/worlds-weirdest-moths.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/artsonearth.com/img/008793A9-4A0F-474A-8B44-F616AE34B430" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artsonearth.com/2008/09/worlds-weirdest-moths.html">Brahmin Moth</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artsonearth.com/2008/09/worlds-weirdest-moths.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/artsonearth.com/img/6DE7CBC6-C706-4B45-B489-1CA8EEC4D7E4" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artsonearth.com/2008/09/worlds-weirdest-moths.html">Hornet Moth</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artsonearth.com/2008/09/worlds-weirdest-moths.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/artsonearth.com/img/8E58E1DE-7129-4FF8-8146-D2ED637541DE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artsonearth.com/2008/09/worlds-weirdest-moths.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/artsonearth.com/img/F4796F46-4561-432D-8136-FA6926C6D6A1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artsonearth.com/2008/09/worlds-weirdest-moths.html">Io moths </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://artsonearth.com/2008/09/worlds-weirdest-moths.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/artsonearth.com/img/9FC88F45-CD6E-4F94-8C8B-CAD4137D1DCA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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