# Poodle Moth! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926 "2012-08-28T14:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/1 "2012-08-28T14:37:10Z")
> **[NBC News - Breaking News & Top Stories - Latest World, US & Local News](https://www.nbcnews.com/?lite)** > > Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture. So cute! ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/2 "2012-08-28T15:09:23Z")
Even I thought it and the other moths were cute. And I don’t like bugs/insects/whatever. And I have a scream that my mom nicknamed “The Bug Scream”. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/3 "2012-08-28T15:19:17Z")
> [@](#): > > The first thing to emphasize is that the poodle moth is no phony concoction like the jackalope, dogerpillar or chupacabra. Wait wait wait…jackalopes aren’t real? 😕 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/4 "2012-08-28T15:25:20Z")
Poodle Moth…I choose YOU!!! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/5 "2012-08-28T15:26:47Z")
1. Do not expose to sunlight. 2. Do not get wet. 3. Do not feed after midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/6 "2012-08-28T15:50:25Z")
Sheesh, and I thought that hummingbird hawk-moths were about as weird as weird moths could get. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/7 "2012-08-28T16:01:51Z")
That IS pretty damn cute. Though I suspect the four other articles listed at the end are not for the faint of heart. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/8 "2012-08-28T16:08:04Z")
Really interesting. I hope they can capture one to determine its genetic lineage. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/9 "2012-08-28T16:44:10Z")
Cool. I know Arthur Anker, the guy who took the photo. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/10 "2012-08-28T18:31:59Z")
Damn, I was so hoping there was a moth that fed only on poodles. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/11 "2012-08-28T18:35:30Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Wait wait wait…jackalopes aren’t real? 😕 > ☹ At least we can still have hope for the cockamouse. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/12 "2012-08-28T18:39:54Z")
I can’t understand the name “Poodle Moth.” It looks more like a rabbit to me. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/13 "2012-08-28T18:41:18Z")
Sometimes that poodle moth he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a poodle moth… he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/14 "2012-08-28T18:59:17Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Wait wait wait…jackalopes aren’t real? 😕 > ☹ What’s next? Bigfoot? The Loch Ness Monster? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/15 "2012-08-28T23:21:24Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > What’s next? Bigfoot? The Loch Ness Monster? :eek: Labradoodles! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/16 "2012-08-28T23:54:36Z")
Very cute. But it looks like it was built out of spare moth parts that were just lying around. And some electronic parts, too. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/17 "2012-08-29T00:18:43Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Really interesting. > I hope they can capture one to determine its genetic lineage. I think they can do the same with the smashed remains of one. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/18 "2012-08-29T07:07:49Z")
Poodle Moth, Poodle Moth! Does whatever a Poodle doth. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/19 "2012-08-29T20:08:22Z")
The [Hummingbird Hawkmoth](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroglossum_stellatarum) is still my favourite moth though. (it’s normal to have a favourite moth, right?) ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926/20 "2012-08-29T20:17:38Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > The [Hummingbird Hawkmoth](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroglossum_stellatarum) is still my favourite moth though. > > (it’s normal to have a favourite moth, right?) My brother has two awesome pictures of one that was in his yard. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poodle-moth/632926.md?page=2)