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SiVal
on Oct 8, 2021
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Moths in slow motion [video]
Fine cashmere? Too ordinary. Mink? Maybe, for the merely rich. When I make my first billion, I'll have a scarf made of snow-white moth fur.
blitzar
on Oct 8, 2021
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Given what moths have done to every piece of cashmere I own it would be a fitting revenge.
dylan604
on Oct 8, 2021
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What is it about the wool being knitted that attracts the moths. Why are sheep not just covered in moths?
DonaldFisk
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The larvae of only a few species attack clothes, these ones in particular:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tineola_bisselliella
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpet_moth
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