The fluids from the moth's abdomen deter ants, but are completely useless against birds.

蛾子腹部分泌的液体可以驱逐蚂蚁，但是对鸟类却完全不起作用。

It turned out to be moth larvae, a traditional delicacy with the Madia indigenous people.

原他在吃蛾子幼虫，这是马迪亚土著人民的传统美食。

The feelers of the moth have pointed ends.

但是蛾子触角的末端是尖的。

But, hey, you know we're gonna pause. But what happens next year? No promises there.

但这时候我们会愣住，心想：明年会有什么幺蛾子呢？我不想再听什么承诺了。

By a seeming fate, commonly called necessity, they are employed, as it says in an old book, laying up treasures which moth and rust will corrupt and thieves break through and steal.

如一本古书中所说，他们被通常称为“需求”的一种命运的表象所支配，储存蛾子和锈蚀会使之腐坏、贼人会进入富。

Some adult moths don't even eat as adults since they aren't born with mouths, which is the most extreme way to avoid food competition, and another tally in the " Silence of the Lambs" column.

一些成年蛾子甚成年后都不吃东西，因为它们没有嘴，这是避免食物竞争的最极端的方法，也是“沉默的羔羊”专栏中的另一个记录。

A few years ago in Norfolk, England, researchers swabbed more than 800 moths and then studied the pollen on them.

几年前，在英国的诺福克郡，研究人员采集了800多只蛾子的样本，然后研究了它们身上的花粉。

Some of the moths they predate have therefore evolved a " stealth coat" - made of tiny hairs and a layer of scales - that reduces their detectability through echolocation.

因此，它们捕食的一些蛾子进化出了一种“隐形皮毛”——由微小的毛发和一层鳞片组成——降低了它们在蝙蝠的回声定位中被探测到的可能性。

The lantern, dangling from Christian's hand, brushed the feathery fronds in passing by, disturbing moths and other winged insects, which flew out and alighted upon its horny panes.

克里斯廷手里的灯笼晃晃去，一路走过，轻拂着羽毛似的叶片，把蛾子和其它长翅的昆虫搅得纷纷飞了出，落在灯笼的角质灯罩上。

If you've ever watched a moth flutter clumsily around a light on your porch, the insect might seem like a sad match for a predatory bat.

如果你观察过蛾子绕着你家门廊灯笨拙地盘旋，这种昆虫似乎是捕食者——蝙蝠——可怜的猎物。

Caterpillars are important just because they're such cool animals, but they also are a phase of the life cycle of lepidopteran, so moths and butterflies.

毛虫非常重要，不仅因为它们非常酷，还因为它们是蛾子和蝴蝶的鳞翅目昆虫的命周期的一个阶段。

So this bat is using ultrasound to hunt this moth.

这只蝙蝠在利用超声波狩猎这只蛾子。

" I spot a red moth on that log! " said Nat.

“我看到那根木头上有一只红色的蛾子！”纳特说。

And the information sent to the central cortex triggers a rational response, like, oh it's only a harmless moth–

信息进入大脑皮层会触发理性反应，如，哦，这只是一只无害的蛾子。

Other flowers bloom at night, bearing bright-white petals and potent smells that draw moths and bats in the dark.

还有一些夜间绽放的花朵，有着亮白色的花瓣和强烈的气味吸引黑暗中的蛾子和蝙蝠。

He says it's a matter of taste-some of the moths are delicious, but others are toxic and taste terrible.

他说这与口味有关，有些蛾子的味道很美味，但其它则有毒，而且味道很糟糕。

How can you talk like that? What else has to happen for you to get what's going on here?

你怎么还能这么说？还要再出什么幺蛾子你才会明白事情的真相？

Scientists found that more than 45 percent of the moths they studied had visited dozens of different plant species during the night, including some that bees and butterflies didn`t visit during the day.

科学家们发现，他们所研究的蛾子中，超过45%在夜间接触过几十种不同的植物，包括一些蜜蜂和蝴蝶白天没有接触过的植物。

Butterflies and moths are nectar specialists.

蝴蝶和蛾子是花蜜专家。

That's why this great moth hasn't suffered too badly from the island's deforestation.

所以岛上的森林砍伐没有对这种大蛾子造成太大影响。