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1. kho (kho@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 02:49:37 JST kho

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   🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨
   
   The reason these moths are often dubbed as ‘Vampire Moths’ is because of their distinct proboscis than is used to puncture skin of animals and fruit alike and drain the inner fluid. Moths species of moths are no threat to humans and the same is true of the Vampire Moth’s as they are no believed to carry harmful diseases like other blood sucking insects such as mosquitoes.
   
   Only the males of the species drink blood and compared to a mosquito bite the Vampire Moths bite is more irritating and can be swore for a couple of hours before settling down. The reason the Vampire Moths bites are more ‘severe’ is likely because of the rocking motion that the moth uses to puncture the skin and unlike a mosquito there is no sucking involved, the Vampire Moth uses the animals own blood pressure to force the blood up its proboscis. These moths can even suck tears from the eyelids of cattle.
   
   This is a moth native to Japan, Korea, China as well as Malaysia.