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  • Whoever changed the tags to just a regular silk moth, the venezuelan poodle moth is an actual insect. Though I'll keep the tags as they are just incase the two look just that similar.

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  • buddercobi said:
    Whoever changed the tags to just a regular silk moth, the venezuelan poodle moth is an actual insect. Though I'll keep the tags as they are just incase the two look just that similar.

    This is a domestic silk moth. You can tell by the shape of the antennae. Here's a picture of a real one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombyx_mori#/media/File%3ACSIRO_ScienceImage_10746_An_adult_silkworm_moth.jpg

    This is the source image of the "poodle moth" from Venezuela:
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/4207478815/
    Its antennae are more feathery, in contrast to domestic silk moths' which kind of have a comb shape.

    Side note: I don't think the photographer was trying to name the moth in the second photo a poodle moth when they shared the picture, they just called it that because it's super fluffy looking. That species didn't have a common name before though, so when the image went viral, "Venezuelan Poodle Moth" basically became it's name!

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