#sinister moth

Hi! The first friend is a southern moon moth, Dasypodia selenophora. Despite the name, it's in the family Erebidae rather than Saturniidae like most of the other moon moths people are familiar with.

Remarkable boy. I do admire your courage. I think I'll eat your heart.

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Red Dragon - 2002

Hannibal Lecter

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Danger Mouse 2: The Second Part (2024) - Poster! @shironezuninja @neokun25 @aaronzilla2007 @jimenacake16 @bitter-yet-civilized @dumb-ass-biatch @jeffreybrosseau @jj-the-hamster

Most people love butterflies and hate moths, but moths are more interesting - more engaging.

They're destructive.

Some are, a lot are, but they live in all kinds of ways. Just like we do.

There's a moth, more than one in fact, that lives only on tears. That's all they eat or drink. The tears of large land mammals, about our size.

The old definition of moth was, 'anything that gradually, silently eats, consumes, or wages any other thing.' It was a verb for destruction too. . . .

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The Silence of the Lambs

Thomas Harris  (B.1940)

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