The "sewer" is pronounced sow-er (because it sews leaves shut) but I didn't realize until I watched this video that it's the exact same spelling as a septic system
"Oh, you inferior trees. My great spiky exterior prevents my leaves from being skeletonized" a snobbish palm tree quipped. "Greetings," said the possibly affiliated Palm Leaf Skeletonizer.
I hate to Acshually but we have them here and they're interesting if destructive. Grape *leaf* Skeletonizers have these tiny blue-lined caterpillars that eat all the green parts of the leaves of crop plants, notably grapes, leaving just the "skeleton" of veins standing there. They work fkn quick too.
@@northropi2027oh yeah, i had an infestation of them on my grape plants last year. It was horrible, they ate every single leaf! 😬 Good thing it was september, i was about to cut them back for the winter anyway...
Yeah! I think I remember seeing a picture of the maintenance notes of that super computer, they just taped the moth right into their journal if I recall correctly lol
@@hyliaphora-cecropia Yee! Super funny, and proof that computer scientists have a sense of humor! Anyways, favorite moth is the Death's Head Hawk Moth. Such a metal name.
@@MegaGaming11 it's not certain. it was already just 'bug' by the time thomas edison was using it to mean 'problem'. may be related to bugge/bugbear/bugaboo for monster
i really love the dubious and agreeable tiger moth duo because that's like actually real. i remember reading it in an insect identification book and lost my shit lmao
@@hyliaphora-cecropia no matter how scientific the ontology, its still subject to human partiuclarity. one moth acts a bit cautious and its entire species is labelled dubious
I feel like this is one of the few situations where both entomology (study of bugs) and etymology (study of language evolution) are relevant, so both of you are right in my opinion
>looking for a new moth >ask the moth dealer if his tiger moth is agreeable or dubious >he doesn’t understand >I pull out illustrated diagram explaining what is agreeable and what is dubious >he laughs and says “it’s a good moth sir” >buy a moth >it’s dubious
Someone who studies moths, butterflies, and skippers is called a lepidopterist! Ornithologists are totally unhinged; some birds are called INCREDIBLY wacky things.
@@hyliaphora-cecropia and dont forget boney-eared-ass fish, they did them crazy also in preety sure paleontologists named a dinosaur drinker, zby and other lazy names, while ornithologist name them stuff like go-away-bird and cock of the rock
@tsm688 I'm requesting that the creator makes more funny moth names videos. I also added that I thought that it was incredibly hilarious when they added the question mark fade-in over the moth species named Hebrew.
I had to identify moths id caught as part of my college course last year and if I remember correctly it's called the Hebrew moth because the black markings on the wings look like hebrew characters
Yeah, that is why it’s called that! And it’s not even the only moth named in that manner-Wait till you guys hear about the “Chinese character” and the “setacious Hebrew character” lmao Also, that course sounds super fun!!
2 HOURS AGO AND THIS MUSIC STARTLED ME BECAUSE ITS BOSSFIGHT MUSIC IN TWO GAMES (Randomly Generated Droids for the Overclocker, and the Bug Fables one...) i love these moths though so :D
I didn’t know about its appearance in Randomly Generated Droids, cool! I’m a massive Bug Fables fan, so using Bug Fables music for a buggy video seemed perfect Plus the song is a banger
I swear, the scientists have gotten lazy with most of these moth names, and then you have one that gave one species of moth the most METAL ASF name of all moths😅
@nuniyoa AHAHAHAHA THE FISH DOCTOR that’s so good! If you like fish, may I recommend Etheostoma jimmycarter and Acanthonus armatus as two fish with superb common names? If you make one of these with fish, I’ll definitely want to see it!
@@hyliaphora-cecropia hadn't heard of jimmycarter before, but if you like really bad genus names that have 0 creativity, you should try the sharpchin slickhead on for size!
Depending on how blue you want to go, don’t forget Halichoeres bivittatus’ common name! Also i think Abudefduf saxatilis is fun as a scientific name because of its wild spelling
I legit love moths so much!! Owl-Eyed-Bird-Dropping Moth, Dingy Cutworm Moth, Gooseberry Barkminer, Little Devil, Hag Moth, Ugly-nest Caterpillar Moth , Wretched Olethreutus, The Scribbler, The Beggar, and The Little Beggar are some other funny names (plus they're all native to the northeastern region of the united states I think that's cool!)
@hannahg3548 YOOO I have most of those bookmarked in my field guide to NE USA moths! May I add the Likeable Gretchena, the Skunk, and the Large Snout as some top-tier species found in the north-eastern USA?
God these silly named moth videos r like candy to my brain for some reason I've related both of them several times sfsvsg The Triangles moth sure is very triangles!! Also I've seen and held exposed bird dropping moths, cute lil suckers (who do in fact look like bird shit lmao) Even shared my breakfast with one while sitting outside at the picnic table, had made some oatmeal with maple syrup, scraped some of the syrupy stuff at the bottom of the bowl onto my finger and had one that kept sipping and chilling on my finger for almost an hour
There are a lot of animals (and just regular words) in swedish that when translated directly, become really weird xD Domherre: Judgement Lord (some kind of bird) Noshörning: Nose(uni)corn (rhino) Flodhäst: River Horse (hippo) Sköldpadda: Shield Toad (turtle) Val: Choice (whale) Tvättbjörn: Washing/Laundry Bear (racoon) Ren: Clean (reindeer) Rådjur: Raw Animal (deer) Mal: Moth (pleco fish and some other kind of fish. And yes, moths are called mal too) Nyckelpiga: Key Maid (ladybug) Bläckfisk: Ink Fish (squid/octopus) And I can just keep going, this is just a few lmao
These aren’t scientific names, but all of the names here are hilariously enough real, accepted common names for these moth species (mostly pulled from my Peterson’s field guide to moths, some from Wikipedia and iNaturalist). If you’ve noticed that any are wrong, please let me know!
Funny I came across these funny moth name videos as today I learned about a moth called the pretzel(which is in the owl family). Then while looking that one up I learned about one called the green belt tensioner lol.
@@hyliaphora-cecropia Yeah I had trouble finding it with a google search too. Maybe because the page is originally in Dutch. Here's the link: nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakeling_(vlinder)
@fizpop01 OH WOW IT IS CALLED PRETZEL! Krakeling lolol that’s hilarious, good to know moth naming is insane in other languages too I’m DEFINITELY putting this in the next one
@@asherroodcreel640 I don't have any particular bulb that I use--any strong light under a white sheet should attract moths. However, I've read that specialists with advanced setups use 15-watt black light bulbs. Good luck mothing! You're bound to see some cool lil guys with even just a porch light on.
@@asherroodcreel640 I don’t know any specific people you should talk to, but I’m sure there are mothing enthusiast groups online if you want guidance from experienced moth enthusiasts, and there are plenty of articles about the hobby on the internet. You really don’t need anything advanced-the photographers for the Peterson’s Field Guide to Moths collected a lot of the species using very basic setups-a white sheet hung on a clothesline with an inexpensive black light CFL bulb on a tripod. They also used a headlamp for getting better lighting on individual moths, and if you want to leave a trap out overnight to check in the morning, there are specialty moth traps you could look into making/purchasing (but I’ve never used those as a casual moth hobbyist) I hope that helped a little, and good luck mothing!
SKIPPERS! I had no idea about those names, restricted demon??? What the heck did he do to deserve THAT? Who restricted him? That’s hilarious, thank you so much for this knowledge
Part 3 is out now for those who want even more funny moths! m.ua-cam.com/video/2oOEMd3tizE/v-deo.html
I died at "agreeable tiger moth" Immediately followed by "dubious tiger moth". What a menace
Wait until you hear about the “Harnessed tiger moth”
Hog-peanut leaf-sewer sounds like a Shakespearean insult
The "sewer" is pronounced sow-er (because it sews leaves shut) but I didn't realize until I watched this video that it's the exact same spelling as a septic system
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
0:26 one of them only tells truths and the other only tells lies
This right here deserves to be the top comment
If one explains the rules that's the truthful one
Im so glad i dont have a skeleton so i cant be skeletonised, said the grape fruit.
Hello, said the grapefruit skeletoniser
Serves them well
“Thank goodness I’m not a grape, so that bug can’t skeletonize me,” a nearby apple tree said
“Hello,” said the closely-related Apple Leaf Skeletonizer
"Oh, you inferior trees. My great spiky exterior prevents my leaves from being skeletonized" a snobbish palm tree quipped.
"Greetings," said the possibly affiliated Palm Leaf Skeletonizer.
I hate to Acshually but we have them here and they're interesting if destructive. Grape *leaf* Skeletonizers have these tiny blue-lined caterpillars that eat all the green parts of the leaves of crop plants, notably grapes, leaving just the "skeleton" of veins standing there. They work fkn quick too.
@@northropi2027oh yeah, i had an infestation of them on my grape plants last year. It was horrible, they ate every single leaf! 😬 Good thing it was september, i was about to cut them back for the winter anyway...
"hey, what's your favorite animal?"
" *THE INFANT* "
"what?..."
" *T* *H* *E* *I* *N* *F* *A* *N* *T* "
seeing a moth titled "The Neighbor" with boss music playing in the background is more intimidating than it should be
Hello neighbor 3 leaked final boss
"Grapeleaf Skeletonizer" sounds like some magic weapon's name
Terraria
It also sounds like something built by a mad scientist after a bad incident with a time machine.
Yeah well actually if your a grape leaf guess what they do
"The Penitent, the Herald, and the Bride" sound like a trio of Dark Souls bosses.
Did you know that a moth getting trapped in a super computer is why errors in computer code today are called bugs?
Yeah! I think I remember seeing a picture of the maintenance notes of that super computer, they just taped the moth right into their journal if I recall correctly lol
@@hyliaphora-cecropia Yee! Super funny, and proof that computer scientists have a sense of humor!
Anyways, favorite moth is the Death's Head Hawk Moth. Such a metal name.
they were already called bugs. Which is why they found it hilarious. "I found a REAL computer bug!"
@@tsm688 Huh. That's actually pretty neat. Wait, why did they call them bugs in the past??
@@MegaGaming11 it's not certain. it was already just 'bug' by the time thomas edison was using it to mean 'problem'. may be related to bugge/bugbear/bugaboo for monster
i really love the dubious and agreeable tiger moth duo because that's like actually real. i remember reading it in an insect identification book and lost my shit lmao
It's so funny, imagine the guy who discovered these two very similar moths just singling one out as 'dubious' and finding the other one 'agreeable'
@@hyliaphora-cecropia no matter how scientific the ontology, its still subject to human partiuclarity. one moth acts a bit cautious and its entire species is labelled dubious
*T H E T H I N K E R*
*_p o o p d r o p l e t_*
This is one of the pluses of getting into entomology, giving your own little CREACHER a funny name
(i said entymology first oops)
*Entomology
If it was etymology, surely someone would've realized that "sewer" has two pronunciations
I can't tell if this is wrong or right
I feel like this is one of the few situations where both entomology (study of bugs) and etymology (study of language evolution) are relevant, so both of you are right in my opinion
No op is definitely wrong and your opinion is invalid asf, this is about bugs
@@mrpickles-hb6zx It's literally about the etymology of those bugs
look at that lil joker
Ah, my favorite band members.
*Morbid Owlet.*
*The Penitent.*
*The Herald.*
*The Bride.*
and hog peanut leaf sewer
i read "leaf sewer" as "left server"
Battle against Hog Peanut, sewer of all leaves.
"BRO YOU ARE NOT THE THINKER!"
>looking for a new moth
>ask the moth dealer if his tiger moth is agreeable or dubious
>he doesn’t understand
>I pull out illustrated diagram explaining what is agreeable and what is dubious
>he laughs and says “it’s a good moth sir”
>buy a moth
>it’s dubious
I am wheezing at this, holy shit /moth/
this is like the kid friendly version of bird name
0:27 inside of you, there are two moths
paleontologist, ornithologist and moth-o-thologist(idk what its called) trying to pick the silliest and wackiest names for the animals they discover:
Someone who studies moths, butterflies, and skippers is called a lepidopterist!
Ornithologists are totally unhinged; some birds are called INCREDIBLY wacky things.
@@hyliaphora-cecropia and dont forget boney-eared-ass fish, they did them crazy
also in preety sure paleontologists named a dinosaur drinker, zby and other lazy names, while ornithologist name them stuff like go-away-bird and cock of the rock
@@hyliaphora-cecropia The amount of names that could be considered inappropriate is HUGE
Keep this up please!!! The question mark over Hebrew had me die.
can you explain?
@tsm688 I'm requesting that the creator makes more funny moth names videos. I also added that I thought that it was incredibly hilarious when they added the question mark fade-in over the moth species named Hebrew.
I had to identify moths id caught as part of my college course last year and if I remember correctly it's called the Hebrew moth because the black markings on the wings look like hebrew characters
@@an_fiach That makes more sense than to what I thought was only a whim.
Yeah, that is why it’s called that! And it’s not even the only moth named in that manner-Wait till you guys hear about the “Chinese character” and the “setacious Hebrew character” lmao
Also, that course sounds super fun!!
2 HOURS AGO
AND THIS MUSIC STARTLED ME
BECAUSE ITS BOSSFIGHT MUSIC IN TWO GAMES (Randomly Generated Droids for the Overclocker, and the Bug Fables one...)
i love these moths though so :D
I didn’t know about its appearance in Randomly Generated Droids, cool! I’m a massive Bug Fables fan, so using Bug Fables music for a buggy video seemed perfect
Plus the song is a banger
@@hyliaphora-cecropia true
Issat fuckin' Jej?
I love how those sound either really stupid and kinda wholesome or like horror game antagonists
Ill pay a scientist to let me name the next discovered species of moth, but when im drunk and/or sleep deprived at 5am
SCARCE INFANT I CANT-
0:04 MORBID OWLET
KEEPER OF THE HORRORS
I adore every second of this series. I need more.
“Grape Leaf Skeletonizer”💀☠️
Hog peanut leaf sewer is pronounced "hog peanut leaf sow-er," but I never fully realized it was spelled exactly like sewage until this video
man the joker, triangles, and laughter look cool
"grapeleaf skeletonizer" is by far my favorite. "skeletonizer" in particular sounds like a terraria weapon name 😭
I swear, the scientists have gotten lazy with most of these moth names, and then you have one that gave one species of moth the most METAL ASF name of all moths😅
And which moth would that be?
@@HelloImToeDeath’s head maybe?
‘poop droplet’ is outrageous
oh but scarce infant is so small and fuzzy
man as a fellow animal lover (tho more specifically fish) you're making me wanna make my own version of these 😭😭😭 Lycodes terraenovae my beloved...
@nuniyoa AHAHAHAHA THE FISH DOCTOR that’s so good! If you like fish, may I recommend Etheostoma jimmycarter and Acanthonus armatus as two fish with superb common names?
If you make one of these with fish, I’ll definitely want to see it!
@@hyliaphora-cecropia hadn't heard of jimmycarter before, but if you like really bad genus names that have 0 creativity, you should try the sharpchin slickhead on for size!
Depending on how blue you want to go, don’t forget Halichoeres bivittatus’ common name! Also i think Abudefduf saxatilis is fun as a scientific name because of its wild spelling
@@hyliaphora-cecropia finally got around to making this! it's fish with mean names but i think those fall under the "funny name" category haha
The dagger has been redeemed 😌
They all sound like enemy NPC names in a fantasy RPG
The Delightful Dagger is a great name for a pirate ship
The whole squad is here!
amazing
moths and bug fables music
simply excellent
As someone OBSESSED with moths
KEEP THIS GOING
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (also I'm the #1 Herald stan, I love Herald)
The *Thinker*
i love the scarce infant, you never see them...
T H E P E N I T E N T
I misread dubious as delicious... "Delicious Tiger Moth"
So cute.
0:27 I really like these 2
youtube has run out of video ideas and i love it
One of the best videos ever
PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE IM CRYING LAUGHING THIS IS SO GOOD
Based Bug Fables music is the goat
i want more funny moth name videos please
Triangles goes hard ngl
Beautiful
Masterpiece
I legit love moths so much!! Owl-Eyed-Bird-Dropping Moth, Dingy Cutworm Moth, Gooseberry Barkminer, Little Devil, Hag Moth, Ugly-nest Caterpillar Moth , Wretched Olethreutus, The Scribbler, The Beggar, and The Little Beggar are some other funny names (plus they're all native to the northeastern region of the united states I think that's cool!)
@hannahg3548 YOOO I have most of those bookmarked in my field guide to NE USA moths! May I add the Likeable Gretchena, the Skunk, and the Large Snout as some top-tier species found in the north-eastern USA?
God these silly named moth videos r like candy to my brain for some reason I've related both of them several times sfsvsg
The Triangles moth sure is very triangles!!
Also I've seen and held exposed bird dropping moths, cute lil suckers (who do in fact look like bird shit lmao)
Even shared my breakfast with one while sitting outside at the picnic table, had made some oatmeal with maple syrup, scraped some of the syrupy stuff at the bottom of the bowl onto my finger and had one that kept sipping and chilling on my finger for almost an hour
Awww, that sounds like a great time! It’s nice sharing little moments like that with your fellow creatures. I’m glad you like the silly moths!
The "Triangles" one has Triangles in it!
0:01 this is in fact, my true neighbor,
0:23 my favorite moth
Nah the last one is crazy.
Why does “the laugher” sound badass?
0:09 hog-peanut
Leaf-sewer 💀💀💀💀
These moths have funny names too
I like moths
"somber carpet"
"triangle."
i mean he's not wrong?
edit: the joker and the laugher would make very good friends.
All my homies sobbed when “MECHA BEE DESTROYER BLASTLORD” from Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling punched in.
The start of the music sounded like a Tool song
YEAHHHHH! It really does, it sounds awesome
0:27 the radiance
You have to pause
I looked it up, these are indeed all real moth names. Im worried about lepidopterists.........
hell yeah bug fables music
Somber Carpet is great, but a trick was truly missed by not including the alternative name:
Bougainvillea Looper
OH WHAT?? I had no idea it was also called that! Today I learned lol, that’s hilarious
0:17 Finally, the real reason the Civil War was fought: *lämp*
*T H E T H I N K E R .*
more moths for part 3
scorched carpet
true lovers knot
drinker (?)
non-conformist
dalmation belly tripod
rhubard & custard
@ProfessionalBugLover THE NONCONFORMIST lmao, these are all great!
@@hyliaphora-cecropiayou should probably make one big video once everyone runs out of ideas
George! You shouldn't SAY THAT!!
MORE FUNNY MOTH PLS
There are a lot of animals (and just regular words) in swedish that when translated directly, become really weird xD
Domherre: Judgement Lord (some kind of bird)
Noshörning: Nose(uni)corn (rhino)
Flodhäst: River Horse (hippo)
Sköldpadda: Shield Toad (turtle)
Val: Choice (whale)
Tvättbjörn: Washing/Laundry Bear (racoon)
Ren: Clean (reindeer)
Rådjur: Raw Animal (deer)
Mal: Moth (pleco fish and some other kind of fish. And yes, moths are called mal too)
Nyckelpiga: Key Maid (ladybug)
Bläckfisk: Ink Fish (squid/octopus)
And I can just keep going, this is just a few lmao
LAUNDRY BEAR LMAO. Strange how plecos are called moths!
That’s an amazing list, thanks for sharing!
If only these were their real names
These aren’t scientific names, but all of the names here are hilariously enough real, accepted common names for these moth species (mostly pulled from my Peterson’s field guide to moths, some from Wikipedia and iNaturalist). If you’ve noticed that any are wrong, please let me know!
Bug Fables music :)
Funny I came across these funny moth name videos as today I learned about a moth called the pretzel(which is in the owl family). Then while looking that one up I learned about one called the green belt tensioner lol.
That’s hilarious! Would you happen to have the scientific names? I can’t find anything about them with a quick search
@@hyliaphora-cecropia Yeah I had trouble finding it with a google search too. Maybe because the page is originally in Dutch. Here's the link: nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakeling_(vlinder)
@fizpop01 OH WOW IT IS CALLED PRETZEL! Krakeling lolol that’s hilarious, good to know moth naming is insane in other languages too
I’m DEFINITELY putting this in the next one
@fizpop01 Looking up the scientific name, its English common name is “the figure of eight”, which is also hilarious! How neat
@@hyliaphora-cecropia Haha that's funny too! Gotta love these moth names!
Nothing could have prepared me for Grapeleaf Skeletonizer
Nice
So this is where they get tf2 item names
I wanted to laugh but my emotions says otherwise.
I love Moths, cant change my mind.
The Thinker - думотель.
The delightful donacaula is not delightful but very intimidating
T R I A N G L E S
What makes him so Devious?? 😭
YOU USED TRIANGLES!!!
Yeah! Thanks for the suggestion, he…certainly does have triangles on him lol
@@hyliaphora-cecropiahey I want to get into moth lighting can you recommend a bulb?
@@asherroodcreel640 I don't have any particular bulb that I use--any strong light under a white sheet should attract moths. However, I've read that specialists with advanced setups use 15-watt black light bulbs. Good luck mothing! You're bound to see some cool lil guys with even just a porch light on.
@@hyliaphora-cecropia you know anyone who I could contact? My brother's into electronics so I have an opportunity to do things right
@@asherroodcreel640 I don’t know any specific people you should talk to, but I’m sure there are mothing enthusiast groups online if you want guidance from experienced moth enthusiasts, and there are plenty of articles about the hobby on the internet. You really don’t need anything advanced-the photographers for the Peterson’s Field Guide to Moths collected a lot of the species using very basic setups-a white sheet hung on a clothesline with an inexpensive black light CFL bulb on a tripod. They also used a headlamp for getting better lighting on individual moths, and if you want to leave a trap out overnight to check in the morning, there are specialty moth traps you could look into making/purchasing (but I’ve never used those as a casual moth hobbyist)
I hope that helped a little, and good luck mothing!
0:11 that looks like a crate
Wait till you see skipper butterfly names with such classics as “Indian palm bob”, “western blue policeman”, and “restricted demon”
SKIPPERS! I had no idea about those names, restricted demon??? What the heck did he do to deserve THAT? Who restricted him?
That’s hilarious, thank you so much for this knowledge
@@hyliaphora-cecropia demon butterfly because of its looks, restricted because it almost never flies higher than 2 feet or leaves its host plant
@@tsm688 That makes sense! But man, it's so funny without the behavioral context
Yo, these comments are GOLDEN!
OH HECK YEAH A SEQUEL TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE VIDEOS
0:28 snoot
oh my god hes real 0:26
Im going to start calling people who look at their phones too much a hog peanut leaf sewer
Triangles :)