Why are moths creepier than butterflies?

>>2323739
the mothe is the ghost of a turd that thought it was a babby that thought it abortion

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>>2323739
t. Butterfly
Butterflies spread bitter lies.

>>2323739
their meaty bodies freak me out

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>>2323739
I don't think they're scary.

However to the untrained eye, they look like horseflies from afar. Anyone who has dealt with horseflies en-mass would be rightfully scared.

It's the colors.

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They hide in closets and eat clothes. I also swear I was bitten by one as a kid, although I was told that it was just contact dermatitis, it was a red, swollen bump, like a bite.
Pic related: we get these fuckers in Missouri. I have saved a few that were attempting suicide via bashing themselves into light fixtures on porches at night.

>>2323807
This, plus they're fluffy, insects are not supposed to be fluffy

>>2323970
>insects are not supposed to be fluffy
get your eyes checked

>>2323739
Because most old-time people were /x/phobic and therefore associated diurnal colorful butterflies with good, while nocturnal dark flying things were the devil itself.

It's funny because up close, most butterflies are terrifying (many have spotted, geometric or stripped eyes and that's fucking bizarre) while moths upclose are 99% big eyed fluffballs.
I don't trust butterflies but I fucking love moths.

Fun fact: the dreaded " bad omen" Death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia sp.), makes the CUTEST sound when it's annoyed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efyufhtO7VU

>>2323942
Moths cannot bite you even if they wanted, they don't have mouths. They have proboscis which are very soft and (with the exception of one particular moth that doesn't exist in the USA) incapable of puncturing skin.

Stop talking shit about moths. Moths are awesome.

Moths produce silk, a hugely important commodity in human economy historically.
What do butterflies do?

Gas the butterflys, bug war now.

>>2324060
They produce butter.

>>2324038
There's a lot of weird posts about moths biting people and laying eggs under the skin. They're probably not moths, but I googled this because I was genuinely interested to see if anyone had ever had this happen to them, too. Lots of weird stories about moths laying eggs in peoples' scalps. I wonder what they are?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/61806

>>2324060
well a good proportion of butterfly caterpillars are food for wasps, so they indirectly contribute to my entertainment

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Moths are beautiful and underrated.

My boyfriend is terrified of moths. When we moved down the NC, first night in the new home an imperial moth flew into the house. It was as I opened the door to let the dogs in so everything happened in wonderful slow motion. It flapped its giant ass wings and navigated through my living room, through the hall, into our bedroom, right up into my bf's face. It repeatedly slammed into his face, and my boyfriend was screaming. Of course he'd just driven 10 hours and was severely lacking sleep but it was hilarious. The funniest part was when I wrangled it up, let it outside and it flew right back and did it again. Fortunately for me our dog ate it or I may have been beaten to death.

>>2324559
>Moths can't bite or sting humans. It's impossible. People are misidentifying insects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calyptra_thalictri

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>>2324594

>>2324597
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/vampire-moth-vin

>>2324597
>>2324594
>>2324600
Vampire moths live in Malaysia and rarely in certain European areas like Sweden. No westerner has been bitten by a moth. They're misidentifying.

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>>2324615
No. Here is the distribution map of C. thalictri.

>rarely in certain European areas like Sweden
That is where they recently have turned up, due to the warming climate, that is why it was in the news.

The genus Calyptra, which contains 18 species, 10 of which exhibit facultative blood feeding is distributed across the old world, with one species (C. canadensis) occuring in the norther US and Canada.

See http://www.academia.edu/download/37971076/Zaspel_et_al_2014_Calyptra_geographic_distribution.pdf

Please actually inform yourself before you post.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1645/13-484.1?journalCode=para