WHY DO MOTHS EAT CLOTHES? How It Works Issue 163

No, adult moths do not produce urine, even though they survive on liquid foods. They seek the sticky, sweet sap from plants to provide them with the protein they need. Some moths go to great lengths to get their fill of nectar, such as the hawkmoth. They invade beehives by camouflaging themselves with the chemicals they produce. Yes, moths, like many other insects, have a way to excrete waste, which includes a form of "peeing." Moths, like butterflies, have a simple excretory system. They have a tube-like structure called a "malpighian tubule" that functions somewhat like our kidneys. These tubules filter waste products from the moth's hemolymph (the insect equivalent of blood)…Continue reading Do Moths.

Do Moths Pee? (Revealed) Wildlife

Prior research had shown that the moths excreted fluid from glands on the backs of their necks—a good location for warding off birds, their main predator. Birds eat moths and catch them by. Yes, moths, like all living organisms, excrete waste in the form of frass. Do clothes moths leave droppings? Yes, clothes moths can leave droppings, which may be found near their feeding and breeding areas. Do moths pee red? Moths do not typically urinate in the way humans do, and their frass may not be red unless their diet includes red. Moths make great mimics. A red and white, polka-dot moth. (Image credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Some moths are notorious for their ability to impersonate other animals. To avoid being eaten. Yes they do but they won't produce a large drop as it would be a significant mass compared to their body size. Upon further thought, I guess you're right. None the wiser so I guess it's gonna remain a mystery. Very peculiar though. kampffenhoff Posts: 1,556.

Do Moths Pee? (Revealed) Wildlife

Eduardo Fox: Some of them do. (A few of them do it quite a lot.) Most of them don't. This is assuming that the question defines peeing as "expelling liquids from the rear end." Not all insects. Use hot water and high heat in the dryer, if possible. For clothes that can't be washed or dried hot, put wet clothes in the freezer for a day to kill larvae and eggs. Use vinegar to help. Wash. Only the larval life stage feeds on textile items; adult clothes moths do not eat and cause no direct damage. After feeding on clothing and other textiles, larvae enter the pupal life stage by spinning cocoons. New moths will emerge from these cocoons 8 to 10 days later. It can take three months to multiple years for larvae to enter the pupal. Once its wings are fully dried and expanded, the adult butterfly or moth can fly in search of a mate. Mated females lay their fertilized eggs on appropriate host plants, beginning the life cycle anew. Butterflies and moths, all members of the order Lepidoptera, undergo complete metamorphosis with four stages - egg, larvae, pupa, and adult.

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The moths find shelter and thrive in the fur ecosystem. They also bring nutrients to their new home from the poop they were born in and when they die and decompose. Butterflies tend to hold their wings upright and folded together over their backs. Moths normally drape their wings down their backs or spread out to the side. Butterflies and moths also pupate differently. Both go through metamorphosis in a chrysalis.. Butterflies do pee. They do not poo. Since butterflies only drink nectar they only pee. Adult butterflies do not urinate or defecate (or "go to the bathroom"). The larval life stage - the caterpillar - does all of the eating, and caterpillars almost continually defecate. Interestingly, when there enough caterpillars eating in the same place, their defecation is audible. That is, you can hear the poop! When gypsy moths ( Lymantria. Miller moth' is the term given to any type of moth that is abundant in and around homes. In Colorado and much of the Rocky Mountain west, the common 'miller' is the adult stage of the army cutworm, Euxoa auxiliaris. In some years it becomes a serious nuisance pest, particularly during its annual migration from the plains to the mountains in late spring.

WHY DO MOTHS EAT CLOTHES? How It Works Issue 163

Butterflies and moths regularly congregate around mud, dung and even blood, tears or decaying flesh! Little is known about this behaviour, but there are a couple of interesting observations that. 10 One Moth Looks So Much Like A Fuzzy Pokemon That People Thought It Was A Hoax. Venezuelan Poodle Moth - Animal of the Week. This fuzzy white moth looks so bizarre that when its pictures first hit the Internet in 2009, it was passed off as a hoax. But it has since been proven to be a genuine moth of an unconfirmed species that was.