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Me too! Moths frighten me so much! I've always had this irrational fear that their powdery wings would cause skin rash.
by pcurve 5y ago
Me too! Moths frighten me so much! I've always had this irrational fear that their powdery wings would cause skin rash.
- ChuckNorris89 5y agoHa, ha, only as an adult I learned that that's not actually powder on their wings, but scales, similar to the ones on a fish. And rubbing it off impedes their flight.
- loveJesus 5y agoGod is good - maybe not so irrational, Animousisme posted this below https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224879785_The_moth_Hylesia_metabus_and_French_Guiana_lepidopterism_Centenary_of_a_public_health_concern https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224879785_The_moth_...
- DonaldFisk 5y agoIt's the hairs of hairy caterpillars (and, rarely, hairs on some adult moths) which cause dermatitis, rather than scales on adult moths' wings, so its wise to avoid contact with hairy caterpillars. For a list of species to avoid, see https://ccsuniversity.ac.in/bridge-library/pdf/Biology-Parasites-0905-zo-insects-causing-vesication.pdf https://ccsuniversity.ac.in/bridge-library/pdf/Biology-Paras...