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What are moths?A moth is an insect related to the butterflyapproximately 160,000 species of moth

(nearly ten times the number of species of butterfly)

most species of moth are nocturnal (ღამეული)

The Modern English word "moth" comes from Old English "moððe"

Relation to scienceThe study of butterflies and moths -

lepidopterybiologists that specialize -lepidopterists watching butterflies and moths butterflying

and mothing. term "mother" for someone who engages in

this activity – sometimes (moth-er) in spelling. /ˈmɒθər/, not */ˈmʌðər/.

Moth larvae, or caterpillars (მუხლუხო), make cocoons (ჭიის პარკი) from which they emerge as fully grown moths with wings.

Some moth caterpillars dig holes in the ground, where they live until they are ready to turn into adult moths.

Damage by mothsForestagricultural plantsfruit farms, cropseat fabric (ნაჭერი)such

as clothes and blankets (საბანი) made from nature fibers such as wool (მატყლი, შალი) or silk (აბრეშუმი). 

Moth larvae may be killed by freezing the items which they infest for several days at a temperature below −8 °C (18 °F).

Some mothsare farmed - silkworm -

build cocoons. Silk industry - 130 million

kilograms of raw silk, worth about 250 million U.S. dollars, each year.

Most moth adults do not eat at all

do not have mouths. When they do eat, moths will drink nectar.

Moths are also eaten bysome bats, owls species of birdslizardscatsdogsRodentssome bears

Attraction to light

Moths appear to circle artificial lightsthe reason for this behavior remains unknown. One hypothesis - transverse orientation. Example of the Moon - fly in a straight line. the

moon will always be in the upper part of the visual field or on the horizon.

closer artificial light - instinctively attempts to correct by turning toward the light - a spiral flight path that gets closer and closer to the light source.

MottephobiaMottephobia is the fear of moths or

butterflies. The origin of the word motte is German (meaning moth) and phobia is Greek (meaning fear).

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