Can moths bite???

[jpscloud]

Originally Posted by JaneJ

It could just be that she had been bitten a little beforehand and the moth had come to investigate? My experience with bites from any kind of insect is that I haven't noticed it until the bug is long gone and the bite has become inflamed and itchy as hell.

That's exactly what I was going to suggest Jane... sometimes when I've been bitten by a mosquito, there was a little clear fluid (serum?) on top of the bite. Maybe the moth was sampling it?

[gwat]

Hey people here. Im in New Zealand. A huge moth just flew into out room.
My brother is very afraid of moths and just backed into a corner.
I tried to get it out with bare hands but because of the light it flew back in.
It seems to have bit me..
End of story I got it out with a blanket cover and by turning the light off at the right time.
It was most definitely a moth not a horse fly.

[gwat]

I WAS WRONG SORRY IF I MISINFORMED ANYONE ON THE INTERNET.
I think I was just really high, I'm now thinking I dont have any bite marks, I think I was just imagining it.

[naturegirl]

Hi gwat and welcome to WAB

I am surely glad that I don't live in N.Z. if you have such moths over there!!
I thought that the only flesh eating moth was in the southern USA?

Naturegirl

[bigdave60dog]

I remember seeing photos and scientific paper on African Blood Sucking Moths which seem to belong to the same genus of moth that suck juice from fruit but it was good few years ago and I no longer have the references for this stuff.
It is possible that a person with delicate skin could mistake the grip of a moths toe claw for bite.
Dave

[gwat]

Originally Posted by naturegirl

Hi gwat and welcome to WAB

I am surely glad that I don't live in N.Z. if you have such moths over there!!
I thought that the only flesh eating moth was in the southern USA?

Naturegirl

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[gwat]

Originally Posted by naturegirl

Hi gwat and welcome to WAB

I am surely glad that I don't live in N.Z. if you have such moths over there!!
I thought that the only flesh eating moth was in the southern USA?

Naturegirl

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[gwat]

Originally Posted by naturegirl

Hi gwat and welcome to WAB

I am surely glad that I don't live in N.Z. if you have such moths over there!!
I thought that the only flesh eating moth was in the southern USA?

Naturegirl

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[bigdave60dog]

I had a few minutes to myself today and just "Googled in" "Biting Moths".
To my surprise these have been known for years but only identified as being capable of sucking Human Blood in 1999 (I am sure that the paper that I read was from a study in the 80s)
They are a genus Calyptera? or something similar. They are in Southern Europe and are already in Finland. There is no reason why they cannot be in The UK as well.
If you do Google "Biting Moths" then click on the link "Vampire Moths invade Finland" there is nice photo of a moth sucking blood from someones thumb.
Dave

[gwat]

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