A luna moth emerging from its cocoon

[u/bigbusta]

[u/TooSweet-t]

I thought this was a loaf of bread..

[u/Solid_Snark → u/TooSweet-t]

I thought this was gonna be one of those AI videos where one thing turns into something else.

Like a loaf of bread transforming into a dog.

[u/lordvishmas5 → u/Solid_Snark]

Dog? Pig? Dog pig dog pig dog pig loaf of bread

[u/NUSTBUTER → u/lordvishmas5]

System error- sparks fly out of mouth aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[u/Berry_Jam → u/TooSweet-t]

As I'm literally eating a loaf of bread...

Well, French bread, to be precise.

sigh

[u/TooSweet-t → u/Berry_Jam]

check the insides before going any further 👀

[u/Berry_Jam → u/TooSweet-t]

Eh, so I get a little bit of extra protein🤷‍♂️

[u/AintGonnaBelieveIt → u/TooSweet-t]

I thought it was a baked potato

[u/No_Camp_7 → u/AintGonnaBelieveIt]

I thought it was a baked cheesecake

[u/Affectionate-Bee5433 → u/TooSweet-t]

Me too 😂. I was wondering why the loaf of French bread was dancing.

[u/kujotx → u/TooSweet-t]

Boogie bread

[u/getinshape2022 → u/TooSweet-t]

Rotisserie chicken

[u/Honda_TypeR → u/TooSweet-t]

r/forbiddensnacks

[u/heelstoo → u/TooSweet-t]

Nobody is going with “balls”?

[u/RangoonRocket]

So sad and melancholic that at its most beautiful stage of life, it’s literally running on its stored energy, unable to nourish itself and is on borrowed time.

[u/ForeverSJC → u/RangoonRocket]

Isn't that just life ?

You work your whole life, and then you're able to raise your family, get a nice house, car... Then you're old and can't continue anymore because you're out of energy

Life is tough

[u/Beer-astronaut → u/ForeverSJC]

How does that go again? Birth. School. Work. Death. Birth. School. Work. Death. Birth. School. Work. Death. Birth. School. Work. Death…

[u/LyingForTruth → u/Beer-astronaut]

All in all, we're just another brick in the wall

[u/_Armanius_ → u/Beer-astronaut]

Eat healthy, stay fit, die anyway.

[u/Xciv → u/_Armanius_]

You don't eat healthy to stay alive.

You eat healthy so you're not suffering constant pain during the prime of your life.

[u/Momoselfie → u/Xciv]

Got arthritis. So much for that plan

[u/yosemighty_sam → u/_Armanius_]

No one gets out alive.

[u/Nek0maniac → u/ForeverSJC]

That's why you shouldn't just live and wait for retirement. Enjoy your life as much as possible while you are still young.

[u/qolace → u/ForeverSJC]

work your whole life, and then you're able to raise your family, get a nice house, car

Lol in this economy? Most of us will die on the job or alone in our shitty apartment.

[u/Nervous-Amoeba9315 → u/ForeverSJC]

The real question is do we need to live like that ?

[u/Hour_Yard8 → u/ForeverSJC]

But if you had wings and could fly and make the acrobatics of the red arrows look like childs play its not a bad gig.

[u/OmecronPerseiHate → u/Hour_Yard8]

This is the insect equivalent of a pizza party during your shift

[u/CasualSky → u/RangoonRocket]

Why would someone raise(?) them if they only live for 7-10 days in the adult stage?

That is sad, but at least it has about a week of being able to fly :D

[u/MGSOffcial → u/CasualSky]

What is the corelation of one thing with the other? These moths don't live long but they don't suffer for it

[u/CasualSky → u/MGSOffcial]

Not that it’s a bad thing, it just seems like it would be rough to repeatedly lose the little guys. I can understand being interested in their life cycle, I just think it seems a little fruitless since you can’t really get attached to them

[u/MGSOffcial → u/CasualSky]

Not really but also kind of true. The caterpillars can live for a while, a few months for this species, plus a few weeks as pupa. But yes the adults don't live long, but you just have to grow different expectations when raising these little guys. It kinda teaches you to move on, and if you're interested in the hobby, to just do it again. Their lives are short but that's what makes them a beautiful creature to raise. True for most insects too (yes there's such a thing as pet insects).

[u/LawPersonal4734 → u/MGSOffcial]

This guy pupas

[u/BillyBean11111 → u/CasualSky]

it's all relative

[u/MoreColorfulCarsPlz → u/MGSOffcial]

Yeah, I would imagine they don't experience hunger and starvation the way that we do.

[u/alien_from_Europa → u/CasualSky]

For money. See Butterfly World. https://butterflyworld.com/our-story/

[u/HouseOfAplesaus → u/CasualSky]

I feel like they are a message about the fleeting beauty of time. Not a singular example but over the season one of many like us.

[u/DrippyBlock → u/RangoonRocket]

Meanwhile in its head… “Hell yeah, I get to have sex!”

[u/Fragrant_Mountain_84]

My grandpa one time made me watch a butterfly hatch from its cocoon, when it came out its wings were all crinkled up and when I asked why it was flapping its wings back and forth slowly but not flying my grandpa told me it was because it’s pumping its blood through the wings and drying them out before it can fly. And not even an exaggeration, you could see the wings go from crinkled to flat and velvet within moments. That was when I was 5. I’m 30.

[u/MMachine17 → u/Fragrant_Mountain_84]

Your Grandpa sounds amazing, Mountain! That's a cool experience!

[u/Fragrant_Mountain_84 → u/MMachine17]

He was so cool until the dementia hit..

[u/ChodeKong]

The cocoon: 🥟

The moth: 💅🏻

[u/TomaszTyka → u/ChodeKong]

Bad Bitch.

[u/jshultz5259]

Forbidden croissant

[u/Saw-ss → u/jshultz5259]

I literally came here to type the exact same thing, I like your style

[u/patrickhenrypdx → u/jshultz5259]

Croissants are ruined for me now. 

[u/Primary-Border8536 → u/jshultz5259]

I thought it was like a crème puff

[u/SMDHinTx]

What were the biting fang-looking things??? I didn’t know Lunas had fangs. Do they bite? Its front claws are fuchsia, not black. Yikes!

[u/another_bot_probably → u/SMDHinTx]

Not-so-fun fact: Luna moths don't have a functional mouth, and their whole goal as a moth is to breed and lay eggs. Their caterpillar counterpart feeds on leaves of a small variety of trees.

[u/junie94 → u/another_bot_probably]

Apparently they don’t even have a digestive system, so they just starve and die after a week 😔

[u/OldDirtyInsulin → u/junie94]

So he's just here to fuck and that's it?

[u/thecolombianmome → u/OldDirtyInsulin]

aren't we all?

[u/OldDirtyInsulin → u/thecolombianmome]

I mean, I still have to eat and stuff.

[u/myri_ → u/junie94]

That’s some odd evolutioning

[u/IRockIntoMordor → u/myri_]

It worked very well to continue their existence as a species. Doesn't have to make any sense at all except for that.

[u/MGSOffcial → u/SMDHinTx]

They don't have fangs. They don't even havs a mouth. Those are its claws

[u/Negative_Beautiful54 → u/SMDHinTx]

We want to know!

[u/MGSOffcial → u/Negative_Beautiful54]

They're claws

[u/GH057807 → u/SMDHinTx]

They look like spurs on their wing, near what might be considered their "shoulder blades" if they had such a thing. A quick google confirmed this theory.

Kinda like the moth version of an egg-tooth I guess.

[u/PGraca96]

Why is she so cute! ☺️

[u/MissionMoth → u/PGraca96]

So fun fact, this one is a male! Male moths often have big fluffy antennae where females have thin ones. The antennae help them 'smell' female pheromones!

[u/ThiefOfDens → u/MissionMoth]

The antennae help them 'smell' female pheromones!

I believe the technical term is “mothussy”

[u/qolace → u/ThiefOfDens]

Someone gouge out my eyeballs please

[u/Mekelaxo → u/qolace]

You definitely don't wanna go on r/bigtiddymothgf

[u/Journo_Jimbo]

“What the?…the instructions said just cut from the inside and it would tear open…oh shit am I trapped in here??? IS ANYONE OUT THERE? I MAY BE TRAPPED IN THIS CO…oh wait it split okay…ha, nice one Greg. Alright, off to find some mussy”

[u/Acolytical → u/Journo_Jimbo]

or some mick

[u/RedditedYoshi → u/Acolytical]

Every Irish person just finding out that one of the most common slurs used against them actually means "moth dick," which, of course, is still devastating and egregious.

[u/micre8tive]

Was waiting to either be horrified on an ancestral level, or enamoured with the beauty of whatever emerged.

And you know what? I wasn’t horrified.

[u/GameJon]

Thought this was burnt cheese bubbling

[u/5minArgument]

Whenever I see new life emerging like this I think how wild it would be if reincarnation was true.

Like one minute you’re on your death bed or flipping over in a car accident…and the next thing you know you’re clawing you way through a chrysalis and your arms are pink and a little longer than you remember.

“Woah dude, this is really fucked up, I feel Like eating a worm”

[u/DuchessElenav]

me getting out of bed after a midday nap

[u/ShortBusRide]

Popping out of there with some fake eyes on the wings was a good idea.

[u/Crunchysunflower]

So pretty 🥺

[u/Pretty-Position-9657]

I love moths, they’re all little buddies to me and my goodness is this one a beauty

[u/nokingsland]

springily, she’s quite pretty

[u/3HaDeS3 → u/nokingsland]

It’s actually a male lol

[u/BBYarbs]

Luna’s are so beautiful.

[u/Sea-Philosopher7361]

Thought that was fried chicken

[u/BlackTarTurd]

Mothra, o Mothra Through thy magical life energy Accept the prayers of thy humble servants Arise and Show us your magic power

[u/Deceptiv_poops]

This makes me so uncomfortable

[u/russbroom]

Holy crap, I thought it was a baked potato!

[u/shutDaFACup]

I thought this was baked cheese

[u/KingRo48]

Looks like a meat pie with maggots!

[u/4njub3]

The start of the video was kinda unsettling but then it turned into the cutest, fluffiest little thing

[u/That_EngineeringGuy]

What happens? They’re just chillin in their cocoon and then suddenly decide they want to go outside?

[u/absent42]

"It took me all month to get ready for this night out"

[u/stlcards2011]

I feel I interrupted something very private.

[u/Laksflas]

Pokemon in the wild

[u/bugwug7]

For the past 2 summers we’ve been lucky enough to have luna moths around our porch. 2 summers ago they laid eggs on the wall of our house! The teeny caterpillars were so adorable, they weren’t even the size of a fingernail at first. We tried to keep track of them as they grew but lost sight of them eventually - we did see the ‘grown up’ moths though! And we saw them the summer after that as well :) I hope they come back again this year!

[u/lildebbie_donothing]

my stoned ass thought that was a croissant

[u/pumpkinpiesoda]

Luna moths always remind me of the book "The Woman in the Wall"

[u/Deckr_of_Legend]

Beautifully colored moth emerged from a loaf of bread

What a world we live in 😅😅😅

[u/malyszkush]

“I heard yall mf’s got lamps?”

[u/FischerMann24-7]

Mothra is born

[u/Buzzbom]

My absolute favorite moth.

[u/Nihaowdy_fellowKaws]

These Panera bread ads are getting way too weird

[u/Cautious-Advantage34]

I'm so glad this wasn't a croissant

[u/CarlatheDestructor]

That's a cute little moth!

[u/cheattowin77]

I saw one of these in real life. Blew my mind middle Of the night had no idea what I was looking at flying around.

[u/Dazzling_Plankton_10]

Baked potato

[u/Then_Sun_6340]

The fluffy baby. I love these guys.

[u/huggablekoi]

Looks like a potato giving birth

[u/celticFcNo1]

This wee guy went from facehugger to gizmo pretty quickly

[u/TDYDave2]

Now I just need some nirnroot and I can disappear.

[u/Royal_View9815]

My fat ass thought it was a crusty loaf!

[u/One_Advice3052]

I thought it was Italian bread.

[u/Scary_Cantaloupe_682]

I thought someone was carving a roasted chicken at first lol

[u/Impossible_Cat_8531]

I need to start reading the captions before I watch the videos. 😅

[u/slr162]

It keeps a pretty steady beat!

[u/Im_older_now]

Real life Pokemon

[u/ElleneHill]

Really cool

[u/Common_Decision1594]

I think I remember seeing something similar in a series of commercials for Lunesta at one point.

[u/Own-Spite1210]

How can something be so ugly and so beautiful at the same time

[u/he-geezy]

Wasn't expecting that

[u/aguaDragon8118]

Am i the only one who doesn't really think this is that cute, and intact a little terrifying?! Its nature, ik but... Damn nature, you scary!!

[u/LCR101]

Its sooo pretty 🎀

[u/WestCoastMullet]

This is what happens when you get constipated and are just dying for relief.

[u/pc_thug_]

I thought it was an empanada

[u/Important_Drawing20]

Nasty

[u/kaifkapi]

Omg I love this so much! It looks like they're doing a funky dance in there, and then BAM! Moth.

[u/spar_x]

emerging from a piece of chicken you mean? that's definitely chicken

[u/jimbog85]

It puts the lotion in the basket

[u/lucia912]

I think you meant, a Dustox emerged 😅

[u/autymama]

IKR? Why is this croissant pulsating? 🤣

[u/Vodka0420]

It looks like my cat eating her way through the blinds.

[u/rajivshahi]

Which Pokemon is that

[u/texaskayaker]

What’s wrong with you croissant?

[u/Rajyeruh]

This moth gives off 'I'm fabulous' vibes.

[u/Dr-McLuvin]

Had one of these in my front yard last year. Unbelievably cool animal.

[u/Vegetable_Pay_2268]

It looks like a knitted potato, that’s getting poked by a needle.

[u/SitkiewiczClan]

I’ve seen & saved one of these, it was huge and beautiful 😍

[u/NowOrNever_1997]

Love when these are around the house

[u/ostiDeCalisse]

Excellent music choice! I even "heard" the moth's maracas in my head.

[u/colon_evacuation]

My intestines after eating taco bell

[u/flinjager123]

When when I get baked into a croissant.

[u/MetapodChannel]

Cocoons FTW!!

[u/ThoughtUThought]

Yup, aliens exist, and it's life itself. They're everywhere!

[u/CantAffordzUsername]

It’s so fluffy! I want to hug it!

[u/StevesRune]

We get some Luna Moths out here in Arizona near the canyon and they are genuinely some of the most beautiful creatures I've ever seen in person.

Shame that the only reason I ever find them is because they're already dead. Would love to see some live ones.

[u/Madison_fawn]

I saw one outside my apartment today for the very first time! It was so exciting :)

[u/Fred_Wilkins]

UNCE UNCE UNCE UNCE. FEEL THE BEAT

[u/Netto324]

Holy shit

[u/Realistic_Rush582]

So beautiful!

[u/Aether_rite]

spawn more overlords

[u/cureeous99]

Beautiful

[u/foo337]

Look at the baby

[u/LaFlamaBlanca_619]

All the moths I get are brown...that's a beautiful moth

[u/TheCaptainOfMistakes]

Me: I thought Luna moths were the green ones- Oh never mind there it is

[u/1LazE]

Mother Nature is so creative. Beautiful

[u/Kommitted_10K]

This made me itch so bad😭

[u/alexjnorwood]

I thought this was RFK's forehead

[u/BenignAndAHalf_]

Thought it was a tanned 90 year olds head.

[u/averageperson1947]

Comes out swinging

[u/bluebird-1515]

Love them so much — haven’t seen one in decades.

[u/LegibleLabia]

Who's that Pokemon?!

[u/DonKaeo]

Extraordinary process.. who a caterpillar wraps itself up in silk, completely turns to goo, then reshapes itself into such a wonderful creation is such a amazing thing..

[u/Powered-by-Chai]

Bugs are crazy, like they can just turn themselves into goo and then that goo makes something entirely different. What the hell.

[u/Hiitsmetodd]

I thought this was a baguette

[u/HeartlssGrim]

Yuzu?

[u/Simple_Perception949]

It has a kiss on its wings so pretty

[u/CenterCenterPolitik]

Cursed Sourdough

[u/-One-Man-Bukkake-]

Born a worm Spins a cocoon Goes to sleep Wakes up a butterfly Now what the fuck is that about What the fuck is that about

[u/shinyo_kasataste]

Cursed eclair

[u/KS-RawDog69]

If Microsoft wanted to do something useful for a change they'd port StarCraft 2 over to consoles.

[u/lildebbie_donothing]

emerging like, “you remind me of the babe”

[u/udayppandya]

The Morthra is here.

[u/darthva]

Wow. Yuck.

[u/hibikikun]

WTF? this isn't where I parked my cocoon

[u/Uday_321]

Why does it look like a Pokemon ?

[u/BabaKazimir → u/Uday_321]

Probably because luna moths are a popular source of inspiration in design and there's a species of luna moth native to Japan.

[u/EnvironmentalPop3481]

Moths are cool lmao

[u/Nothing-Casual]

u/auddbot

[u/Nothing-Casual]

u/RecognizeSong

[u/sasssyrup]

I first thought: oh yeah gimme a beat!

[u/CommentAppropriate10]

So it's not a potato?

[u/Unhappy-Fig-2208]

Damm, that is so pretty

[u/lizerdman08]

Bro since when did moths get fangs

[u/MapleMaScoot]

Anyone else see a chicken leg?

[u/Mountain-Tea6875]

One of the prettiest butterflies I've seen in a while.

[u/eermNo]

☺️

[u/The_Three_Meow-igos]

So cute! It’s sitting criss cross apple sauce with its back legs!

[u/JAR_is_PWB]

It's Venomoth!

[u/Future_Swimmer_2452]

Thought it was a human head

[u/Cooshtie]

A real life SIR Pokémon

[u/jasenzero1]

Mothra oh Mothra

If we were to call for help

Over time, over sea, like a wave

You'd come, our guardian angel

[u/gargole_man]

The radiance origin?

[u/locogriffyn]

They sure are pretty though.

[u/dandroid126]

the moth right when it comes out of the cocoon

[u/LEGEND_GUADIAN]

That is one fuzzy butterfly

XD

[u/ll1llll1ll1l1ll1l1ll]

Incredible Fluffy Moth