2 September 2022

When we say that a bird has “moth-like flight” do we mean that its wings move like this? Check out Dr. Adrian Smith’s fifteen moths in slow motion flight.

1 wing flap from 15 moth species pic.twitter.com/GE9udTmTUv

— Adrian Smith (@DrAdrianSmith) August 25, 2022

p.s. Polyphemus moth species is shown above. Can you find it in the video?

(photo from Wikimedia Commons, tweet embedded from @DrAdrianSmith)