Subject: Something I wonder about...about moths From: Captain Infinity Newsgroups: alt.fan.cecil-adams,alt.fan.tom-servo,sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera Message-ID: <38fc2c9c.1676383@news-f.std.com> Why are moth wings powdered? ** Captain Infinity ...is it so they don't chafe?
Subject: Re: Something I wonder about...about moths From: WWS Newsgroups: alt.fan.cecil-adams,alt.fan.tom-servo,sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera Message-ID: <38F9BAAC.6F2156C6@tyler.net> Culturally Sensitive Ed wrote: > > Infinity@world.com (Captain Infinity) writes: > > > are moth wings powdered? > > One of the things I remember from my high school advanced biology > class (which I flunked), is that moths belong to the order lepidoptera, > meaning "scale wing." And isn't what appears to be a powdery-like > substance actually the itty bitty aforementioned scales on said wings? That can't be right, because than the moths wings would be leathery, and they'd have to be huge to support the weight, say 25 ft across, and they'd have these big heads and little feet and make this horrible scream like those weird birds I ran into out in that old canyon once. But that was during the day so they can't be moths, because they dint try to fly into the sun or anything.
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