Comments on: Video: Darwin’s Moth

By: David

David — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:44:43 +0000

The orchid in question is Angraecum sesquipedale (the species name in Latin means “one and a half feet” referring to the length of the nectary) and the moth now known to visit it is the Morgan’s Sphinx, Xanthopan morganii, with a proboscis of about 9 inches

By: Co.

Co. — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:44:32 +0000

WOW a moth where i live could not get that
nectar. it’s just so cool

By: Producer’s Notes: Chasing Beetles, Finding Darwin | QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:05:10 +0000

[...] uncurls to reach the nectar in the orchid’s nectare. In the process of feeding from the orchid, the moth serves as its pollinator. The moth was given the scientific name Xanthopan morganii praedicta, in honor of Darwin’s [...]

By: Bill Carpenter

Bill Carpenter — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:42:16 +0000

Great stuff. I plan on using it for a poetry lesson on the concept of metaphor. In a sense Darwin saw the orchid as a “metaphor” that postulated the existence of the moth.

By: qweqqweq

qweqqweq — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:50:38 +0000

this is such a tease! so what does phil find? there can’t really be a moth like that can there?

By: sabrina mcmillan

sabrina mcmillan — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:04:57 +0000

this has alot of helpful information and gives answers to the insect that can eat the nector from the orkid.
thanks for the helpful information on this video i apperciate it.
love lots sabrina