Tag: Mothing 101
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Mothing 101: Mothy Lit List
Mothing 101: Moths in Literature Welcome (or welcome back) to Mothing 101, my series of shallow dives into the rabbit hole of moth-related topics for the moth-curious. In this installment, I’m talking about moths in literature. In previous installments, I covered folklore and moth symbolism, so this is more like a semi-annotated reading list. I…
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Moth Superfamilies: What kind of moths are there anyway?
What kind of moths are there, anyway? After finding out that there were around 160 000 moth species, I didn’t have much hope of getting a useful answer when doing a quick search on this question. But people have obviously asked this question before. A quick search showed that moths can be generally grouped into…