P G when I was a kid we had a jar labelled ‘daddy’s jar of shame’ into which he had to put 20p every time he said, for e.g., ‘dishwasher-wishwasher’. it did not make him stop.
I have these caterpillars here in my yard in northwest corner of Georgia. Neither I or anyone else has ever seen one before and I've been taking it to schools to see if any teachers could give me any info.. Then a few days later I see this! Are they rare? They are cool AF tho.
Moth is everything that is not butterfly, because butterflies are a kind of moth. Just like how dinosaur is everything that isn't a bird, because birds are a kind of dinosaur.
Moths are so underrated. The first time I saw a hummingbird moth in the dark I felt like I had discovered magical fairies. Like magic was real all along and I had been blind to it all my life.
@@TheGroovyJones "Pomme de terre" is probably a calque from the Dutch "aardappel" which means fruit of the earth. The English apple and the Dutch appel both come from a Germanic root which meant fruit of any kind.
Me: I don't care for moths. Me later: ok, I guess, it looks cool? Me now: THEY DON'T HAVE MOUTHS AND EAT 3 TIMES THEIR WEIGHT IN A MONTH??? OK, that IS cool.
"A hotdog with feet!" I enjoy the PBS eons segments with my daughter for their concise, sometimes speculative questions about ancient evolution and connecting theories as answers to those questions. Because of this, TH-cam feeds this channel into my media diet and I gotta say, I will never look at a caterpillar the same way again. Your delivery on these vlogs is outstanding. Cheers.
The first time I saw a regal moth was in the middle of the night at work. It was on a door handle leading back inside and I was in awe of it. Gorgeous and huge. I instantly looked up the caterpiller that it came from and became even more enamored with it. I never would have thought I'd have a favorite caterpillar and moth, but I also never thought I'd see a vlogbrothers video about them. What a great start to the day.
It seems like this is the summer of moths for me! I recently found some elephant hawk moth caterpillars in my garden (which are one of the most common species in England apparently) and they are bonkers huge, around 9cm (3.5 inches)! They also overwinter as pupae, which I think is fascinating. I also saw a hummingbird hawk moth, which was one of the most incredible creatures I've ever seen, hands down. They are so unique, especially in their movement, and absolutely beautiful too. Thanks for more great moth content!
This does sound like something Sandy cheeks would say from SpongeBob when she is surprised. "Hickory horned devil SpongeBob, you scared the Jeepers out of me"
These are the kinds of feel-good videos I need to see in these trying times. Thank you Hank for showing that there is still beauty out there in the world.
Naomi Williams as soon as you are born you are assigned a social security number. You become an investment for the government. You grow you pay taxes you enrich the government, the government uses money to make bombs and that’s it. Or so I read.
_Uses roads to drive to work to get paid_ _Complains about paying taxes_ Let's give the rich more tax breaks and tax the poor and middle class harder :D
as an amateur moth enthusiast it's great to see a spotlight put on these awesome critters... saturniids have always been some of my favourites since they have quite a few of the big and flashy moths (i have an atlas male mount on my wall!), but sphingidae are also really cool cuz of their awesome wing shapes, very pointy and iconic! and lasiocampidae are so precious, the tend to be kind of fluffy which is such a curious characteristic to have? moths are such a huge range of wonderful animals that get a bad rap it's not fair ;; i think it would be cool to study them, but i heard one lepidopterist recount something to the effect of "it's mostly staring at bug genitalia trying to figure out what species is what" which, while funny, sounds incredibly........... Hm.
I love this series so much! I just got my dumbo pin. Can’t wait for TWO PINS! Wahoo! I’m watching this series with my seven year old. He asked why my jaw dropped when you shared the fate of the female. This was a great idea guys.
@@mojoman2001 XD in the animal kingdom like these, the males typically die as soon as they mate. Then females lay the eggs etc and die off afterwards as well. I know we are not like salmon, or moths or spiders. XD
Thank you for showing the weird and wonderful creatures in our backyards. I have always been awed by nature, but the creatures you highlight inspire me to be a smarter human when it comes to protecting the Earth. It's not just about the large creatures. It's about all creatures.
I am truly sorry homework that needs to be done now. First of all, I need to know about this caterpillar :) Have a lovely day Hank🤗 and thank you for brightening up mine!
This may have been the most nerdy video I've seen today and I started off my day with a lecture from Chomsky on the sociopolitical lines in language. hahaha. This is why I am subscribed. This kind of content makes me happy. Keep it up!
Many years ago in New Jersey. Hackensack , One crawled up our living room wall. Dad rescued us and it.not sure if he dispatched it. but today I would save it. Great video.
@@NobleS1236 I'm afraid of most flying insects but for some reason, their wings really freak me out. The scales and the fluttering sound makes me anxious. I know it's irrational but it doesn't stop what I feel about it.
@@wxlurker I plant lots of flowers in order to attract butterflies. It's really weird to me that some people have a phobia against these gorgeous, colorful insects. But I've heard of this phobia before. My brother-in-law is a manly man, a guy who was in the military for years, and knows his way around a gun. But he's terrified of moths.
wx your phobia might respond well to gradually desensitizing yourself with small, well controlled exposure to butterflies in safe settings (perhaps visit a local butterfly garden with your spouse or good friend you trust). But only if you *want* to overcome the irrational anxiety. If you prefer to simply avoid them, that’s fine too.
Great stuff. I've captured a fully grown larva of a moth of similar species, and it pupated and I set it free once it emerged, I kept it safe in a nice cage while it was pupating. Truly beautiful specimen.
*looks at title* yes. yes. this is the quality content i am here for. this video isn't even 3 years old like other similar stuff youtube recommends me. let's GO.
This video is totally awesome and i think we need a channel of this guy exclusively talking about insects on this format because its really cool and amazing
Love love love! Moths are amazing, and so important to their ecosystems. I have a big Southern Old Lady moth tattooed on my chest, because they're that awesome. In the Canberra region of Australia, Bogong moths come in swarms every year, and are an important part of the traditional indigenous diet.
At first, I wanted nothing to do with this video because the creature terrified me. But by the story, I was utterly fascinated and enthralled. Thank you for this new knowledge I never knew I needed!
Okay, but only if there is a scene where the insects are having a wasp look-alike competition. A real wasp then needs to enter the competition, but fail because it "wasn't wasp like enough"
YES HANK, YES!! #MothsMatter Moths are marvellous! In the UK we have caterpillars that look like lobsters, that are aquatic, that can hibernate through 3 winters! Adults that look like twigs (Buff tip) or Maple seed cases (Scorched wing). Then the names! Some named after their patterns; resembling architecture (Gothic), or named for their beauty (Mervielle du Jour(Joy of the day)). Colours; greens in spring and yellows in autumn, to better camouflage themselves. Wingless females and caterpillars named after their smell (Goat moth). Micro moths smaller than a penny with colours of a clownfish or those that resemble bird poo! MOTHS ARE AMAZING! Thank you for bring this to all Nerdfighters!
Hank and John always come up with the most interesting topics. I'm really enjoying learning about cute octopuses and awesome caterpillars. Thanks Hank!
And their wingspans can get much much bigger than butterflies, with more intricate patterns. My favorite is the Luna Moth (beautiful name). With its wings folded they look like leafy mantis rays.
I had read a long time ago that moths and butterflies were both Lepidoptera. The only true variance between moths and butterflies being their activity cycles. Now, seeing your cladogram, and hearing this new info I have learned (or re-learned) something. Thanks Hank.
I just got existential crisis from this video. These caterpillars live most of their life only to become a moth, and live their hole moth life only to make eggs and die. Purposeless lives lived with no enjoyment, with the only focus to rush death and maybe spread your genes if you're lucky. That is so sad in a way, and if you think about it, human lives aren't that incredibly different from that sad unavoidable fate :(
@@camelopardalis84 Haha yep I'm 21. I just never commented before because I didnt see the point and also youtube comments can be a garbage fire. But I felt like vlogbrothers was a pretty safe place to start
Regarding the branding-naming issue, in Danish the word for butterfly is _sommerfugl_ (the g is silent), which means 'bird of summer' - that's very pretty and cute and etc. The word for moth is _natsværmer_ which means 'night-swarmer'. That doesn't sound like an adorable, beautiful and fluffy little cuties that moths actually are. It sounds like some terrifying mythological monster that swarms at night and steals babies or eats corpses or something
Eventually you just got to own up to the phylogeny and admit that butterflies are just a colorful group of moths, but for now let us imagine how we felt seeing moths and butterflies as children. Nostalgia complete. Butterflies are just Tron moths and always were.
Ultra Mega to my ear the English words “moth” and “death” aren’t that far apart. None of this is very surprising because all three languages are descendants of the Proto-Indo-European language 😀
Showing the video to my grandma. She spent the summer raising first monarchs and then humming bird moths. She spent most of her time researching on her iPad. It's very cute
My anxiety is bad at the moment so I couldn't deal with watching creepy crawlies but I very much enjoyed listening to Hank passionately and excitedly telling me about these funky bois!
I just encountered one of these little guys. I was scared at first but curiosity outweighed my fear 😂 I took this little guy off my shirt and gave him a new home and we hung out for a while. Didn't know anything until this came across my recommendations ♥️♥️
I love hummingbird moths, the first time I saw one I was blown away, I did not know how I went that long without hearing these things exist. If you’ve never seen or heard of one, look it up they’re amazing. And yes Moths are amazing creatures, more beautiful than butterflies a lot of the time
are euphemisms metaphors, or is that too hard to swallow? I was thinking long and hard about that joke but it just wasn't funny. Sorry, its my first time.
"A moth is anything that isn't a butterfly"
That awkward moment when you realise you're a moth
Me: swats at a bug flying around a lamp
My dad: what's all the damn noise!? I
Me: nothing new, just moths killing moths
I’m I a cannibal?
Only vegans aren’t cannibals.
@@typryor2227 Do you eat moths?
HonkyTonks Yes. I like to mothdogs 🌭.
"I have no mouth, and I must scream."
- The Regal Moth
And I must Mate
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THAT REFERENCE IS NO
The tragic romance story I never knew existed: The female regal moth waiting for a partner, unable to fly.
Thank God they don't have consciousness (as much as we are awared), imagine the existential crisis.
Reminds me of Sleeping Beauty
Lerquian all I can think of is Elaine clapping at spinning tires. What a way to die.
I volunteered in a lab doing research with Tobacco Hornworms in high school- my professors showed me the amazing world of moths!
For a whole bunch of moth species, the females don't even have wings! They just look like little fluffy bags of eggs.
How’s your lovelife?
Me: i’m a regal moth and today is my 7th day
OH....I felt that.
Then I hope you layed eggs yet, cause it is five days later...
dang it!
Loooooool
“Nosies and toesies” Hank your dad is showing.
no it's not , now go brush your teethy-weethies!
That was so cute. I loved it.😁
P G when I was a kid we had a jar labelled ‘daddy’s jar of shame’ into which he had to put 20p every time he said, for e.g., ‘dishwasher-wishwasher’. it did not make him stop.
@@lousullivan_bf why would you guys try to make him stop? i would take dishwasher-wishwasher any day over a dad who needs a swear jar.
I have these caterpillars here in my yard in northwest corner of Georgia. Neither I or anyone else has ever seen one before and I've been taking it to schools to see if any teachers could give me any info.. Then a few days later I see this! Are they rare? They are cool AF tho.
"A moth is anything that isn't a butterfly" * Diogenes readying his plucked chicken*
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What's "diogenes" by the way ???
@@hausofluzon only the best philosopher ever!
And what's that line" diogenes readying his plucked chicken" mean ???
@@tilehelperdan is it a phrase?
Title: You need to know about caterpillars.
Me, instantly: YOU BET I DO.
My exact reaction lol
Same haha
Also same.
Same Same Same
Relatable.
"You won't forget it's name."
Me: Literally forgot the name by the time he said this.
"It just dies, waiting."
hits too close to home!
“Any scale winged creature that isn’t a butterfly gets to be a moth”
*Happy dragon noises*
MOTHS ARE ANYHING THAT'S NOT A BUTTERFLY. YES. GET MAD AT THE BAD NAME SORTING.
We are closer related to some fish than some fish are to others. Names are messy.
Moth is everything that is not butterfly, because butterflies are a kind of moth.
Just like how dinosaur is everything that isn't a bird, because birds are a kind of dinosaur.
Clades and grades.
Im moth
Way to go Hank with that VeggieTales zoology!
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Guy: "I may look fierce and tough outside but I'm definitely soft inside"
Girl: "are you caterpillar?"
Moths are so underrated. The first time I saw a hummingbird moth in the dark I felt like I had discovered magical fairies. Like magic was real all along and I had been blind to it all my life.
My kids call moths “night butterflies” ❤️ we love your videos 😊
"Night butterfly" is actually a direct translation of the Swedish word for "moth", "nattfjäril". So your kids may secretly be learning Swedish.
I mean I’ve always thought of them as night butterflies ^^
That's what we call them in Dutch too. "Nachtvlinder"
I laugh at how much he aggressively says *M O T H*
MAAWTHHH
The way he says it, you'd think it was an Adam West Batman punching a badguy sound effect.
It's not just "moth", he speaks aggressively for the whole video.
MAHTHS!
#DoesntMatterMOTH
Thanks I love it
yes
Yoo
In French, we call them "night butterflies" so at least they retain the cool name! They're just the emo version.
Earth apple? I think the French just aren't that creative at naming things. Unrelated, how many French historians are there?
@@TheGroovyJones "Pomme de terre" is probably a calque from the Dutch "aardappel" which means fruit of the earth. The English apple and the Dutch appel both come from a Germanic root which meant fruit of any kind.
In Russian colloquial they are called night butterflies too, although this term is also frequently used to describe sex workers.
@@MrV1604 Potatoes aren't fruit :p
@@MrV1604 in Afrikaans its also Aartappel :P
"With it's blue body and red thorns" when you seen a green caterpillar and you realize that either you or Hank is colourblind.
Bismuth LD that’s not how it works
It has some blue coloring especially around the base of its horns, but yeah, it's definitely predominantly green...
Me: I don't care for moths.
Me later: ok, I guess, it looks cool?
Me now: THEY DON'T HAVE MOUTHS AND EAT 3 TIMES THEIR WEIGHT IN A MONTH??? OK, that IS cool.
They eat three times their weight in a DAY!!!
@@vlogbrothers That is... UNBELIEVABLE! And also so cool!
What sounds more impressive, three times their weight in a day or ninety times their weight in a month?
@@vlogbrothers That means they Quadruple their weight each day until they become a cocoon!
@@JamesJordanson Though, as Hank said, they don't digest the cellulose. So much of the mass of the leaf just passes right through them.
“You need to know about this caterpillar“
Well if you say so I guess I do...
And I wasn’t disappointed 🐛
vlogbrothers, in a nutshell
john: in depth analysis of society, politics, life etc
hank : funky science!!!
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"A hotdog with feet!"
I enjoy the PBS eons segments with my daughter for their concise, sometimes speculative questions about ancient evolution and connecting theories as answers to those questions. Because of this, TH-cam feeds this channel into my media diet and I gotta say, I will never look at a caterpillar the same way again.
Your delivery on these vlogs is outstanding. Cheers.
Is it just me or is the Hickory Horned Devil’s body green not blue?
They have a sort of blue tint around their heads (near the antennas?)
Hmmm yes. Odd.
They fade from green to blue as their final instar ages. But yes, good point.
vlogbrothers Just checking for color blindness :)
They can vary in shade from greens to blues.
“Eat, Breed, Die” is on their living rooms
i want that in my living room
Arthas Menethil TM LOL
@@arthas640 me too
With a lifespan like that, I would think they'd avoid real estate and focus on air BnBs.
“Butterflies are a thing”
Thanks hank, I’ve already learned so much! 😂
"Any scale-winged thing that isn't a butterfly: moth!"
Dragonflies: "What am I, chopped larva?"
3:10 thumbs up to this thicc boi for eating like a typewriter
fiveohnine ++++
Needs a little ding when it’s moving back to the tip of the leaf.
this sentence boosted my mana by 8
The first time I saw a regal moth was in the middle of the night at work. It was on a door handle leading back inside and I was in awe of it. Gorgeous and huge. I instantly looked up the caterpiller that it came from and became even more enamored with it. I never would have thought I'd have a favorite caterpillar and moth, but I also never thought I'd see a vlogbrothers video about them. What a great start to the day.
I agree that moth is a terrible sounding name for these cool creatures. In my native language Hindi ,"moth" literally means death lol
Ya..and once when my friend screamed MOTH we ran away thinking deadly 😛
Just the fluffy lads
It also sounds like the Latin mort which also means death
OMG yikes!! That's really interesting.
Its close to Arabic word mot "moot" which means death also 😅
It seems like this is the summer of moths for me! I recently found some elephant hawk moth caterpillars in my garden (which are one of the most common species in England apparently) and they are bonkers huge, around 9cm (3.5 inches)! They also overwinter as pupae, which I think is fascinating. I also saw a hummingbird hawk moth, which was one of the most incredible creatures I've ever seen, hands down. They are so unique, especially in their movement, and absolutely beautiful too. Thanks for more great moth content!
This does sound like something Sandy cheeks would say from SpongeBob when she is surprised. "Hickory horned devil SpongeBob, you scared the Jeepers out of me"
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Hello Hank!!!!!..... Big fan....Your work in crash course is just amazing....
"I don't like moths. They fly like they're broken."
- Alex Russo - Wizards of Waverly Place.
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These are the kinds of feel-good videos I need to see in these trying times. Thank you Hank for showing that there is still beauty out there in the world.
I did not know how much I needed to know about this fierce boy. I identify heavily with his tough exterior but mushy and food filled interior 🥰
It’s defense is working my first reaction was looks poisonous
And I thought paying taxes when I became an adult was bad, these fools can't even eat! 😟
FYI, you're hot
Or mate
Naomi Williams as soon as you are born you are assigned a social security number. You become an investment for the government. You grow you pay taxes you enrich the government, the government uses money to make bombs and that’s it. Or so I read.
_Uses roads to drive to work to get paid_
_Complains about paying taxes_
Let's give the rich more tax breaks and tax the poor and middle class harder :D
On the plus side, there's a huge reduction in bathroom time...
as an amateur moth enthusiast it's great to see a spotlight put on these awesome critters... saturniids have always been some of my favourites since they have quite a few of the big and flashy moths (i have an atlas male mount on my wall!), but sphingidae are also really cool cuz of their awesome wing shapes, very pointy and iconic! and lasiocampidae are so precious, the tend to be kind of fluffy which is such a curious characteristic to have? moths are such a huge range of wonderful animals that get a bad rap it's not fair ;; i think it would be cool to study them, but i heard one lepidopterist recount something to the effect of "it's mostly staring at bug genitalia trying to figure out what species is what" which, while funny, sounds incredibly........... Hm.
your excitement about caterpillars is something i want to apply to my own life
I just love how enthusiastic this is. YES! GET EXCITED ABOUT MOTHS! THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS! MORE EXCITEMENT!
Okay, I’ve never had anything described to me as a blue hotdog with horns, but I’ll roll with it...
Just don't roll _on_ it
Oblong Meat Product
I love this series so much! I just got my dumbo pin. Can’t wait for TWO PINS! Wahoo! I’m watching this series with my seven year old. He asked why my jaw dropped when you shared the fate of the female. This was a great idea guys.
Any pretty winged insect is lovely in my eyes. Don't care if it's a moth or a butterfly. It's a pretty little insect angel!!!
So a cockroach?
Moth: exist
Lamp: I'm about to end this moth whole existence
It has to get big and full of nutrients in order to find a mate? Must be nice.
Yeah, us portly fellows would have it made!
LOL truth
@@dbmail545 well i successfully mated so i guess it's time to die.
@@chaosryans -- how do you know it was successful? Has the kid bred and the grandkid bred, also? You've still got a lot of work to do, before you die.
@@mojoman2001 XD in the animal kingdom like these, the males typically die as soon as they mate. Then females lay the eggs etc and die off afterwards as well. I know we are not like salmon, or moths or spiders. XD
Thank you for showing the weird and wonderful creatures in our backyards. I have always been awed by nature, but the creatures you highlight inspire me to be a smarter human when it comes to protecting the Earth. It's not just about the large creatures. It's about all creatures.
How is it that I’ve been watching vlogbrothers for 12ish years and they still make be smile this big
Simple: they make great stuff. :)
I'm 65 and never knew these awsome cattipilers existed but I found one a couple of weeks ago and it was huge.
Truly amazing.
Well, another animal to add to the list of “animals I don’t want to be in my next life”.
I dunno, being a complete glutton your whole life to go out with a 7-day bug sex marathon blaze of glory doesn't seem so bad.
@@WhiteDragon103 But it's all salad.. and do they actually have sex more than once, or is it salad salad salad sex egglaying egglaying egglaying?
What animal actually lives a nice life these days? Except for pets
@@sinfuleldian9826 or at any time in the past for that matter?
@@adfaklsdjf Including humans! Good point! Existence is... pretty devoid of genuine happiness, isn't it?
Thank you, My son and I asked this exact question later week, when seeing to caterpillars at the end of August. Excellent video
I am truly sorry homework that needs to be done now. First of all, I need to know about this caterpillar :)
Have a lovely day Hank🤗 and thank you for brightening up mine!
Imagine being born with no mouth and then slowly starving to death when you're an adult..
This may have been the most nerdy video I've seen today and I started off my day with a lecture from Chomsky on the sociopolitical lines in language. hahaha. This is why I am subscribed. This kind of content makes me happy. Keep it up!
Many years ago in New Jersey. Hackensack , One crawled up our living room wall. Dad rescued us and it.not sure if he dispatched it. but today I would save it. Great video.
As someone with a major fear of butterflies and moths this video makes me uncomfortable, but I'm watching because you always have great content Hank.
What's so scary about a butterfly?
@@NobleS1236 I'm afraid of most flying insects but for some reason, their wings really freak me out. The scales and the fluttering sound makes me anxious. I know it's irrational but it doesn't stop what I feel about it.
@@wxlurker I plant lots of flowers in order to attract butterflies. It's really weird to me that some people have a phobia against these gorgeous, colorful insects. But I've heard of this phobia before. My brother-in-law is a manly man, a guy who was in the military for years, and knows his way around a gun. But he's terrified of moths.
wx your phobia might respond well to gradually desensitizing yourself with small, well controlled exposure to butterflies in safe settings (perhaps visit a local butterfly garden with your spouse or good friend you trust).
But only if you *want* to overcome the irrational anxiety. If you prefer to simply avoid them, that’s fine too.
Don't worry but, we got arachnophobia too
Great stuff. I've captured a fully grown larva of a moth of similar species, and it pupated and I set it free once it emerged, I kept it safe in a nice cage while it was pupating. Truly beautiful specimen.
"Hotdog with legs"
** chef's kiss **
As someone who loves most moths more than most butterflies, I really appreciate this video. This was exactly what I needed after a really hard day.
*looks at title*
yes. yes. this is the quality content i am here for. this video isn't even 3 years old like other similar stuff youtube recommends me. let's GO.
Moths freak me out but your infectious enthusiasm kept me watching the video
Thank you Hank for teaching us about cute species of animals
This video is totally awesome and i think we need a channel of this guy exclusively talking about insects on this format because its really cool and amazing
*me reading the title* anything you say mr Hank sir
Love love love! Moths are amazing, and so important to their ecosystems. I have a big Southern Old Lady moth tattooed on my chest, because they're that awesome. In the Canberra region of Australia, Bogong moths come in swarms every year, and are an important part of the traditional indigenous diet.
Nobody:
*My youtube recommendation:* "You need to know about caterpillar."
At first, I wanted nothing to do with this video because the creature terrified me. But by the story, I was utterly fascinated and enthralled. Thank you for this new knowledge I never knew I needed!
A Bug’s Life 2 can be soooooo good if we put our heads together and find some wonderful bugs like these
Okay, but only if there is a scene where the insects are having a wasp look-alike competition.
A real wasp then needs to enter the competition, but fail because it "wasn't wasp like enough"
YES HANK, YES!! #MothsMatter
Moths are marvellous! In the UK we have caterpillars that look like lobsters, that are aquatic, that can hibernate through 3 winters! Adults that look like twigs (Buff tip) or Maple seed cases (Scorched wing). Then the names! Some named after their patterns; resembling architecture (Gothic), or named for their beauty (Mervielle du Jour(Joy of the day)). Colours; greens in spring and yellows in autumn, to better camouflage themselves. Wingless females and caterpillars named after their smell (Goat moth). Micro moths smaller than a penny with colours of a clownfish or those that resemble bird poo! MOTHS ARE AMAZING! Thank you for bring this to all Nerdfighters!
Blue body? Looks green to me. Am I color blind?
Nah, it's definitely a green.
I see it as green with a light bluish color on the base of the thorns and head
Do you really want to argue with a Green about what's green and what isn't?
Green might be colorblind...
so Green can't see green
(Hank Green... that Green)
True, Hank explained the confusion in another comment: "They fade from green to blue as their final instar ages. But yes, good point."
Hank and John always come up with the most interesting topics.
I'm really enjoying learning about cute octopuses and awesome caterpillars.
Thanks Hank!
Moths get a real bad rap but I think there's something oddly beautiful about those strange not-butterflies
It they keep on getting bad raps may be that's a sign to move on to another music styling. Like jazz.
in my opinion they're cute, with all the fluff and chubby looking body.
And their wingspans can get much much bigger than butterflies, with more intricate patterns. My favorite is the Luna Moth (beautiful name). With its wings folded they look like leafy mantis rays.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. I can't speak for everyone else, but i think its's so cool to learn about interesting things everyday.
‘They are a marvel, even if they are a little terrifying’ is how I describe kids.
Salma Kothari 😂, I used to work vacation care... so true 😂
I love it when you introduce us to new-to-me channels. Thanks Hank!
The unmated female Regal Moth is the Mrs. Haversham of moths.
I had read a long time ago that moths and butterflies were both Lepidoptera. The only true variance between moths and butterflies being their activity cycles. Now, seeing your cladogram, and hearing this new info I have learned (or re-learned) something. Thanks Hank.
I just got existential crisis from this video. These caterpillars live most of their life only to become a moth, and live their hole moth life only to make eggs and die. Purposeless lives lived with no enjoyment, with the only focus to rush death and maybe spread your genes if you're lucky. That is so sad in a way, and if you think about it, human lives aren't that incredibly different from that sad unavoidable fate :(
I don’t know, man. Spreading genes can be pretty enjoyable, if you know what I mean
Wow, thank you so much for sharing this incredible story. I have seen these caterpillars, and they are indeed terrifying. Amazing!
Hey hank! I love your videos :) also this is my first youtube comment
Now that you've lost your "comment virginity" you "can comment fly"! I hope you're old enough for this reply!
welcome to *TH-cam* comments 😁
@@camelopardalis84 Haha yep I'm 21. I just never commented before because I didnt see the point and also youtube comments can be a garbage fire. But I felt like vlogbrothers was a pretty safe place to start
"It's gotta make those fuzzy folk worry about their noseies and toesies". This was the sentence I needed to hear this evening. Thank you Hank.
Regarding the branding-naming issue, in Danish the word for butterfly is _sommerfugl_ (the g is silent), which means 'bird of summer' - that's very pretty and cute and etc.
The word for moth is _natsværmer_ which means 'night-swarmer'. That doesn't sound like an adorable, beautiful and fluffy little cuties that moths actually are. It sounds like some terrifying mythological monster that swarms at night and steals babies or eats corpses or something
Summerfool
@@kourii Yep, that's more or less how you say it.
Danish is a fun language.
@@jbkjbk1999 Yup. Rødgrød med fløde to ya, kammerat
Moths are amazing! Butterflies get all to publicity and good branding, but moths are where it's at!
Hank: Moths are beautiful creatures!
Me: *hits like button before finishing the video*
IM SO GLAD THIS VIDEO EXOSTS BCAUSE MOTHS ARE SO UNDER APPRECIATED. EVEN THOUGH THIS VIDEO IS ABOUT CATERPILLARS, MOTHS NEVER GET ENOUGH LOVE.
if i'm not a butterfly, does that mean I'm a moth?
Wow. As usual, I never thought I would find this video inspirational when I clicked on it but I did. Thanks Hank!
So, I'm not out of shape. I'm just saving substance for my next life! 🤯
Eventually you just got to own up to the phylogeny and admit that butterflies are just a colorful group of moths, but for now let us imagine how we felt seeing moths and butterflies as children. Nostalgia complete. Butterflies are just Tron moths and always were.
How about an Atlas moth video? I think that'd be awesome
Yasssss
I couldn't be more happy that I signed up for the pin club. These videos are so awesome!
0:49 "Moth" literally means Death in Hindi, I mean not the insect ofcourse, but the word "MOTH"! anyways its terrifying!
Ultra Mega to my ear the English words “moth” and “death” aren’t that far apart. None of this is very surprising because all three languages are descendants of the Proto-Indo-European language 😀
Indo european roots. Morte in portuguese.
Showing the video to my grandma. She spent the summer raising first monarchs and then humming bird moths. She spent most of her time researching on her iPad. It's very cute
That thing looks like a mobile protein shake, am I right bros?
Yeah bro, lift up 🤙
My anxiety is bad at the moment so I couldn't deal with watching creepy crawlies but I very much enjoyed listening to Hank passionately and excitedly telling me about these funky bois!
Yeah! Enjoy media in whatever way you're comfortable with! dftba
I saw one of these before, at fairmount park in philly
Moth or caterpillar? I saw one as a caterpillar in plymouth meeting a few years ago, but haven't seen any since 🐛
I just encountered one of these little guys. I was scared at first but curiosity outweighed my fear 😂 I took this little guy off my shirt and gave him a new home and we hung out for a while. Didn't know anything until this came across my recommendations ♥️♥️
The female was happily waiting, happy to stay(play), happily watching moths driiiiiiiiift away
I love hummingbird moths, the first time I saw one I was blown away, I did not know how I went that long without hearing these things exist. If you’ve never seen or heard of one, look it up they’re amazing.
And yes Moths are amazing creatures, more beautiful than butterflies a lot of the time
This caterpillar is just begging to be used as a metaphor.
are euphemisms metaphors, or is that too hard to swallow?
I was thinking long and hard about that joke but it just wasn't funny. Sorry, its my first time.
I need more of these kinds of videos. Very good for my anxiety. Thanks Hank.