[JAC: At least he’s off nighjars for the time being!]
by Matthew Cobb
This was tw**ted by Professor Dave Goulson of the University of Sussex, and was taken during a student field trip in Ecuador. How many moths can you see? (Click to enlarge)
Dave also tw**eted this picture of a mating pair of Arctiid moths, which he rightly suggests might be the most beautiful insects. The male is on the left, I guess (you can tell by his antennae):
Dave is the author of two excellent books, A Sting in the Tale, about bumblebees, and his recent A Buzz in the Meadow, to which I gave a rave review at New Scientist. Both are highly recommended.
At a quick glance, I can see 8 moths. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are more.
Same for me.
ditto
eight here as well
8 must be the number, that’s what I counted too.
Me, too
I’ll tag on as the seventh of the eight-ers, setting up for someone to be the eights. And let the Sourcery begin (if this were DiscWorld, not RoundWorld).
I see the eight and there might be a ninth just below the white one farthest to the right.
I see 8, I considered the one you mention but I decided it wasn’t a moth. I could be wrong.
Nine!
Same for me. 8.
🐝sub
Found 7
Photo #2 : Those are spotted moths…
And so are the 8 in ph #1.
8 moths here as well. Now which ones will the birds eat first?
There…are…eight…moths!
/Picard
Eight. I always wanted to try this. Cannot find enough super-cryptic moths.
Please, not a peppered moth discussion again.
I shall carefully train an owl to prefer salted moths to peppered moths. Just for you.
I wonder how many people will start searching again when I say I found 10.
9, maybe 10.
And isn’t nightjar just another term for a chamber pot?