5 Fun Facts About the Venezuelan Poodle Moth 1. Darwin once identified a moth species…
5 Fun Facts About the Venezuelan Poodle Moth 1. Darwin once identified a moth species without ever seeing one. One of the most elegant demonstrations of evolution was recorded by legendary naturalist and grandfather of evolutionary biology, Charles Darwin. 2. Then what do we know about it?. 3. Can we do that with the Venezuelan poodle moth?. 4. It could be in the family Lasiocampidae. Some level of taxonomy is easy enough to guess at. 5. Its fur is made of soundproofing sugar. Ok, this isn’t exclusive to poodle moths, but it is interesting.