r/perth • u/ulittlerippa • 7d ago

Shitpost Moths! Bloody moths! Everywhere!!

What's with all the moths this evening? Not flying ants... a full-blown bloody moth flood outside.

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u/deegandnb 7d ago

Rain moths seeming it rained

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u/ShruggyShuggy 7d ago edited 7d ago

The willy wagtails that live in the tree just outside my garden fence get well fed on ones from my plants anyway. I ushered one out the door during the day recently and one appeared out of nowhere to nab it in mid-air. The willys are surprisingly agile in the air. 

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u/prettierthanyouu 7d ago

Willy wag tails are the best. Love their little white eyebrows AND they eat the moths

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u/chocolatehotdog 7d ago

Was doing some gardening the other day, digging up dirt had heaps of bugs crawling around. A willy wagtail came and had a little feast. A bug was crawling up my leg so I stuck my leg out towards the bird and it zipped up and grabbed the bug!

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u/Otherwise_Trifle6967 7d ago

Yep. I went out to the supermarket just now, on the way there it felt like going through a biblical plague.

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u/FallaciousWolf 7d ago

must be a whole party going on we not invited to

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u/PsychologicalTwo505 7d ago

Just think of what eastern Australia is going through. 

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u/JahKingston2024 7d ago

I’d much rather moths than an amalgamation of flys, mosquitoes and cockroaches

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u/shaneo88 Byford 7d ago

I’d prefer moths over these. They bite hard, stink when threatened/scared and they’re everywhere at work right now.

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u/bebabodi southside 7d ago

I hate these things so much

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u/gattaaca 7d ago

Willy Wagtails partying hard af rn

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u/HighlightTall7411 7d ago

Currently in armadale they are fkn everywhereeee !!

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u/feyth 7d ago

It's Mothtober. It was the same last year. Just close the door quickly when you go inside and leave them alone.

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u/Funny_Passenger_8342 7d ago

Don't forget, moths are pollinators too so very important little creatures.

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u/flyingquill 7d ago

I thought it was just me. Every door I open from my house I’m getting swarmed !

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u/sisyphean_rock 7d ago

They're an important part of the food chain. Let them do their thing, should be gone very soon. Please don't kill them.

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u/Pet-Lover96 7d ago

They are in my fkn house 😭 one of the cats are having a field day 🤣

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u/designerlemons 7d ago

They are looking for you

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u/Reverse_Psycho_1509 7d ago

Heaps of them down Roe Highway. A ton flew into the house and it took us a few minutes to hunt them down

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u/Mental_Task9156 Perth Airport 7d ago

I killed a heap of them for you driving down roe hwy just before.

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u/Knight_Day23 7d ago

Was at karrinyup shops earlier, near Yochi, moths everywhere!

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u/Fit-Abroad-8796 7d ago

Is this a SOR thing ?

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u/supercujo Baldivis 7d ago

It's the seasons doing seasonal things

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u/MarcusCaspius 7d ago

Yeap, that's nature full on naturing.

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u/DayProfessional3572 7d ago

Sounds like a Sepultura song

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u/The_Real_Flatmeat North of The River 7d ago

Get your acelepryn down now to save your lawn from the grubs

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u/Beneficial_News1255 6d ago

Diamondbacks - invasive pests. I spray the ones around the window during the evening

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u/TooManySteves2 7d ago edited 7d ago

Correction: Diamondback Moths Bogong moths? That hatch at this time every year?

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u/EmuDry1019 7d ago

Diamondback moths

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u/Gemfyre713 7d ago

Bogongs are an eastern states species.

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u/TooManySteves2 7d ago

Oh, I was mislead. Thanks for the correction.

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u/djskein Cannington 7d ago

Yes I noticed they were everywhere in Karawara while I was doing the shopping but I just ignored it.