Animals

1. Animals Why are mothsshy? Kristina

2. Mothssplitintotwogroups • As there are so many species of moths. • Expertssplit them into two groups. • The larger (or macro-) moths and the smaller (or micro-) moths. • There are around 900 macro-moths in Britain. • Many micro-moths are very small indeed, although confusingly a few of them are larger than the smallest macro-moths!

3. Theyflyonly at night • Although most do fly at night. • Many species, like the colourful Cinnabar and Scarlet Tiger, fly during the day (and may be mistaken for butterflies). • Some butterflies, such as the Red Admiral, are known to fly at night.

4. Somemoths are beatiful and some are not • A common moth found in many gardens and often seen alighting on the outside of windowpane at night. • Many other species are beautiful colours and some are almost gaudy, such as the members of the tiger moth family. • Other moths have more subtle colouring, but many have beautiful intricate patterns that have evolved to aid camouflage.

5. moths • Someofthemruinpeopleclothes. • Somespecissting. • Some moths have club-like antennae. • Goodsenseofsmell.

6. Eating peopleclothes • Clothes moths only eat fabrics derived from animal sources, such as wool, not synthetics or cotton. • They normally attack items left in dark, undisturbed places; and they prefer dirty clothes to clean ones. • Moths are often wrongly blamed for damage caused by the more common carpet beetle larvae and many holes found in clothes are not made by insects at all but by washing, wear or accidental damage.

8. References: http://www.mothscount.org