moth
- noun
- /mɔθ/
- Now scientists understand that moths are important nocturnal pollinators.
- a gypsy moth
- butterflies and moths
- moth caterpillars
Like we don't know where that moth starts its life.
- Like we don't know where that moth starts its life.
- But they use the silk of a what they call the silk moths.
- And all those moths with no other place to die.
- Those eggs will actually hatch inside of the moth or the Caterpillar.
- But then you talk to other people who study moths and they say, no, they're not.
Examples
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And that is because moths smell by their antennae.
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Those eggs will actually hatch inside of the moth or the Caterpillar.
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Is there a moth in here?
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I know the birds are right here and I know the moth is right here.
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A bat can probably sense a moth flying several feet away from it.
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Apparently, she saw a moth.
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Drawn to me like a moth to the flame.
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And all those moths with no other place to die.
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The moths around the light bulb here are from the thousand wing ceiling in venice, Italy.
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At night, I noticed a moth fluttering around the porch light.
Compounds
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A large moth from Europe whose caterpillar eats many tree leaves and can leave trees bare
- US
A large pale green moth with long tail-like back wings and a yellow crescent on each front wing
- US
A large yellow moth with big eye spots on its hind wings whose caterpillars have stinging spines
- Indian
A medium-sized Asian moth whose caterpillars eat mulberry leaves and make silk
A small brown and white moth whose caterpillars eat the leaves of fruit and shade trees
A small moth whose larvae eat and damage dried plant goods like cacao beans and tobacco
A large moth in North America with red-brown wings and eye-like spots whose caterpillars eat tree leaves
A small moth whose young caterpillars live in little tubes and eat fabrics
A large European moth with bright red and black wings whose caterpillars eat ragwort
- UK
A small grey moth whose young caterpillars eat the inside of apples and walnuts, damaging the fruit
- Specialized
A small grey insect whose young caterpillars eat the inside of apples and damage fruit
- Specialized
A creamy white Asian moth bred by people whose caterpillars make most silk
- UK
A large moth with patterned, partly see-through wings that lives in forests of Europe and Asia
A small moth whose larvae eat stored grains like wheat or corn and damage them
- Specialized
A small moth whose caterpillars eat and make webs in stored nuts and grain
- UK
A moth with white, branching marks on its front wings whose caterpillars eat grass
- Specialized
A moth with a thick body and broad wings that often has bright stripes or spots and hairy caterpillars
A small moth whose young caterpillars make holes in corn stems and damage crops
- Specialized
A tall European plant with smooth leaves and yellow or purple flowers often found as a weed in North America
- Specialized
A medium-sized insect whose caterpillar eats crops like corn and tomato and causes damage
- Specialized
A large moth in North America with yellow wings and brown marks whose caterpillars eat maple and pine leaves
- Specialized
A medium-sized, dull-coloured moth that flies at night and whose caterpillars often damage crops
- Specialized
A small flying insect with a thin body and long legs whose caterpillars eat crops
- Specialized
A small grey-brown insect whose caterpillars eat and damage potato crops
- Specialized
Large insect with bright wide wings whose caterpillars make silk cocoons and which often has eye-shaped wing marks
A medium-sized moth with bright patterned wings and a caterpillar called a woolly bear
- Specialized
A small yellowish moth whose caterpillars eat wool, fur and other animal fibers
- Specialized
A dull colored moth whose caterpillars have tufts of hair and eat leaves of many trees
A small insect whose caterpillars make webs on plants and live inside them while eating leaves
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word moth comes from an old English word mothe that meant a small insect 'that eats cloth'. So think of 'moth-eaten' to remember that moths are often night insects that can nibble clothes and flutter near lights.