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Moth with jaws? Anonymous
My girlfriend was at work the other day and said she saw a moth that was about 2 1/2 inches long and had jaws that cut the sheet of paper they put in front of it. Any ideas what it might have been called /an/?
>> Anonymous
Moths do not have jaws. Much like butterflies they have only a proboscis.
>> Anonymous
Pincer-esque then.
>> Blackarachnia's giant robot tits !bXU0gE0lts
You mean mandibles?
>> Anonymous
I don't know, I'm not exactly a naturefag. All i know is that it had little claw-like things that went out from the head that could cut sheets of paper.
>> Anonymous
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Adult Cicada, maybe?
It could definitely cut through paper.
I don't see how it could be mistaken for a moth, but possibly?
Not a very good picture, but the best one I have of an adult.
>> Anonymous
MOTHS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY
>> Anonymous
>>259363


GOODNIGHT
>> Anonymous
Lolol... its a type of leopard MOTH.

No jaws. Or mandibles. Or things that can cut paper.

Lol.
>> Anonymous
>>259351

Oh and cicadas cannot cut through paper either.
>> Anonymous
>>259372

Can't cut paper, but can cut through tree bark?
Am I missing something?
>> Anonymous
>>259378
They can pierce thrpugh plants, I dunno if they can get through bark.
In either case, it wouldn't "cut" the paper, but maybe pierce through it, like a needle.
>> Anonymous
>>259390

As I've always understood it, they cut a series of grooves in the bark of tree branches to lay their eggs. I don't know what kind of branches they generally use. I've heard of them on rose bushes, so I guess I could be wrong about what they can and can't get through.
Either way, it's pretty unlikely that someone would mistake a cicada for a moth, so it's really a moot point.
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>> Anonymous
>>259411


Motherfucking waterbugs
>> Anonymous
>>259414
...that's a cicada.
>> Anonymous
I dunno, she may just be crazy. She was just rambling about it as I was lurking the forums so I thought I'd post and see if anyone had an idea of what it might have been since no Google searches came up with anything she said looked close to it.
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>> Anonymous
>>259392

It's the ovipositor that cuts and does damage. Adult cicadas don't even feed, and yes, they do have a piercing mouthpart (but they dont use it)
>> Anonymous
>>259567
>Adult cicadas don't even feed, and yes, they do have a piercing mouthpart (but they dont use it)

Adult cicadas do feed. Not much, but they do.
>> Anonymous
>>259325
what species of moth is this? I've seen one once a few years ago and have been wondering ever since.
>> Anonymous
Some sort of Leopard Moth. I just found it on Google.
>> Anonymous
>>259830

Apparently, there are several species of moths with this pattern, varying greatly in size. I've seen most of them in northern Louisiana.
>> Anonymous
im not crazy... it had a stag beetle mouth... and a moth body... it was creepy looking
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Perhaps it was a stonefly?
>> Anonymous
it looked like the moth in the pic up top but it had pincher like mouth...
>> Anonymous
>>259834
I'm in Ohio and the one I saw was big enough to fit in the palm of my hand.
I was just wondering what it was becase I'd never seen one in Ohio before.