April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
Unfortunately, Arizona is the state out of which e621 operates, which means that this law will almost certainly affect us if it is to pass. If want to help us ensure that this site can continue to serve you without being required to know who you are, please ask the Arizona governor to veto this bill.
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GregZhel
MemberIt's hip to fuck moths?
MickNasty
Member...sexy moth noises?
LtLeaf
MemberNow that, is something I haven't seen before
meteo1337
Member- venezuelan poodle moth (2)
oh no
Anticensor
MemberDon't worry so much. The other one is adorable at least https://e621.net/post/show/216495/ambiguous_gender-arthropod-cute-disembodied_hand-d
AzuraTheBlue
MemberRule 34.. If It Exists, There IS Porn Of It
cuz04
Member(oh what the fuck)
dalf
MemberLife... Uuuh, finds a way?
smonk
Memberwait a minute, this isn't lamp
this is anal sex!
snaike
MemberWitnessed by imgur's front page
https://imgur.com/gallery/FOgFSmw
alecma
Memberno no its hip to fuck bees and it's cool to fuck moths
Nangatai
MemberWhoever 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.
emeraldcat
Memberhold moth gentle like hamburger
IdioticExplorer
MemberThis 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!
Blademastet
Member17 now
And 30 for the silk moth
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