Ant Lab's video: Cecropia Moth 9 Moths in Slow Motion

9 moths species + 1 caddisfly captured in slow motion flight! All of these insects were filmed at 6,000fps and what you are seeing is being played back at 30fps. 00:00 - Cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia - family Saturniidae 01:25 - Plume moth – family Pterophoridae 02:13 - Red-bordered Emerald, Nemoria lixaria – family Geometridae 02:57 - One-spotted Variant, Hypagyrtis unipunctata - family Geometridae 03:31 - Pepper & Salt Geometer or Peppered moth, Biston betularia - family Geometridae 04:47 - Ailanthus Webworm Moth, Atteva aurea - family Attevidae 05:28 - Black-dotted Spragueia Moth, Spragueia onagrus - family Noctuidae 05:52 - The Hebrew, Polygrammate hebraeicum - family Noctuidae 06:17 - White Miller Caddisfly, Nectopsyche sp. - order Trichoptera (not a moth) 06:43 - Arched Hooktip, Drepana arcuata – family Drepanidae Still image credits: Cecropia moth caterpillar – Michael Hodge CC BY Geometrid inchworm – Dr. Matt Bertone Flickr (used with permission) Peppered moth (white) – Tim Alps Flickr CC BY Peppered moth (melanic) – Ben Sale Flickr CC BY Peppered moth (melanic) - Jerzy Strzelecki Wikimedia CC BY The Hebrew - Dr. Matt Bertone Flickr (used with permission) Arched Hooktip - Dr. Matt Bertone Flickr (used with permission) Matt Bertone’s Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/76790273@N07/ Recommended reading for more about natural selection of the peppered moth: Cook L. M., Grant B. S., Saccheri I. J. and Mallet J. 2012. Selective bird predation on the peppered moth: the last experiment of Michael Majerus. Biology Letters 8: 609–612. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1136 Music licensed from soundofpicture.com