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Mother here. The examples listed in the article aren't of much use, as there's not much there you can use to identify species. If you're interested in moths
by DonaldFisk 4y ago
Mother here. The examples listed in the article aren't of much use, as there's not much there you can use to identify species. If you're interested in moths, you'll visit a specialist web site, and if you aren't, you won't visit the Wikipedia pages either. The web site I use is https://www.ukmoths.org.uk https://www.ukmoths.org.uk, which has photographs of each (UK) species, as well as its range, food plant, and flying time.
Regarding the number of beetle species, JBS Haldane (probably) said that "God is incredibly fond of beetles" (or words to that effect).
- beowulfey 4y agoAs an aside, is mother actually the term? My first readthrough of your comment had me envisioning an incredibly knowledgeable parent with a cool hobby before I realized what you meant!
- Taywee 4y agoAccording to Wiktionary, it's been used since at least 2001. I was similarly confused.
- myfonj 4y agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moth-er https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moth-er is filed with hyphen ("moth-er"); hyphenless spelling ("mother") is listed as an alternative form. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother does not mention that fact, though. Nevertheless, what a nice new ambiguous word to spice up the context!
- ask_b123 4y agoIt had me rereading the parent to see when parents or kids had been mentioned.