anyway i have learned some fun things about moths, namely: we don’t know shit about moths
@Satsuma i love this so much
@greyor if you’re wondering how to say this in lepidopterist speak, i opened a paper claiming to have discovered three new kinds of moth in canda and it opened with «Even if the genus Herpetogramma is worldwide in distribution (Solis 2010), we have restricted our research to North America – mostly to Canada – as there are so many discoveries remaining to be made and also so many habits of these fantastic species remain unknown. Even for American species, very few details are known as to the biology of Herpetogramma (Solis 2010). The latter is the only author who has tried to shed light on that matter.»
@Satsuma oh holy shit that is just! so wild. insects more broadly, yes I expect us to have vast sweeping gaps in our knowledge....but. MOTHS. in NORTH AMERICA!
@Satsuma there are SO many and it regularly blows my mind