Meanwhile in Winter Entomology

Okay so yesterday in class we had the opportunity to look at different insects underneath a microscope, which was kind of cool. I picked this big ol’ yellow and brown moth. To other people, the moth probably didn’t seem that big in size but to me that sucker was huge. Anyway, I decided to look at where the thorax and the abdomen of the moth met. It was really fuzzy. When I used the 3x magnification the hairs almost looked like little feathers.  I decided to inspect the thorax and the wings next. The wings were really sparkly and also looked fuzzy. There were also little lines in the wings that started from the thorax and ended at the end of the wing. The thorax was brown and the fuzziest part of the moth. Next, I decided to look at the abdomen. I couldn’t find the sphericals, but they were probably by hair or something. After inspecting the abdomen, I looked at the face. I was kind of scared at first because I’m afraid of moths. Some accidentally fly into my house sometimes and I freak out and scream and go find the zapper, but anyway yeah I was nervous about looking at this thing eye to eye. When I finally did I felt dumb for being scared because it was sort of cute in a weird way. The eyes looked like microphones and had this glitter stuff stuck to them. It had two curly things near its mouth and another really big thing that was curled up. The two curly straw looking things looked kind of shiny and I figured that’s the mouth part that the butterfly eats with. The big curly thing was fuzzy like the rest of the moth. Overall, it was really cool looking at the moth and I realized I really didn’t have anything to be afraid of. Prior to this, I assumed moths were just ugly butterflies but they’re actually really pretty.

                                                           This is the moth that I picked

     An up close view of the moth's head! It's kinda creepy and cool at the same time.

                        My drawing of the hairs I saw on the thorax and abdomen of the moth.