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The moth myth

What did you see?

You saw a moth and…

that’s it.

“ The wings of this moth (Macrocilix maia) mimic two flies feasting on bird droppings. “

But wait a minute…

what would be the evolutionary advantage?

Wouldn’t it make more sense that what animals see are two flies in a spider web, so they will avoid the web and leave the moth alone?

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5 Comments

  1. frances ellis November 17, 2020 Reply

    Yes sometimes those spots look like very large eyes spaced far apart so it looks like a preditor to the bird and he passes it by. Things are not always what they seem.

  2. Kellie Urban November 18, 2020 Reply

    that is super cool. i was not familiar with this guy prior to your email. i thank you!

    • Robin November 22, 2020 Reply

      I saw the two flys. Animal camouflage is really amazing…Have been so interested in this ability…You posted about the octopus. The abilities to fool its predators..well the octopus trumps !!!But this was really cool!

  3. Ken November 18, 2020 Reply

    it doesn’t look very appetizing to me (it looks sort of cute though), which may be helpful for it’s survival…and birds, as one type of predator of it, do have good eyesight. maybe it doesn’t look good to them either.

  4. John Havlasek November 23, 2020 Reply

    Hi first thing that came to my thoughts was i see a butterfly.

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