What does moth to flame mean? Why put out the fire? What's next?

Moths belong to the insect class Lepidoptera, which are mostly nocturnal and like to gather in bright places, so there is a saying that "moths burn themselves to the fire". What does that moth mean? Why put out the fire? Moths to the fire, what's the next sentence?

Moth is a general term for insects that have a close relationship with butterflies, both of which belong to Lepidoptera. When still, most of them spread their wings on both sides of their bodies, and their wings have eye-like patterns that can scare enemies. They are mostly active at night and like to gather in bright places.

What do you mean, moths to the fire?

Meaning one: moths pounce on the fire as a metaphor for self-destruction. It comes from Liang Shu to Chuang Zhuan.

Meaning 2: praise, praise the spirit that people pay for their ideals and pursuits without hesitation and without fear of sacrifice. In the literary world where love prevails, moths are more often used to show their feelings of searching for their lovers and never giving up even after eating bitter fruits, which is a solemn and stirring hymn.

Why do moths put out the fire?

Moths belong to Lepidoptera insects, moths are mostly nocturnal, and moths are mostly nocturnal animals, which shows that moths do not revolve around lights because of their love for light. Moths are siphon mouthparts, which are specialized into straws. Moths mainly feed on plant juices. They do not hunt small flying insects under street lamps. Humans also rule out the possibility that moths tend to light because of food.

In addition to street lights, wild bonfires, flashlights, home lights, candlelight and some other bright lights will also attract moths. The moth is active at night, and it relies on the moon as a "lighthouse" when exploring its flight path. A moth's eyes are compound eyes made up of many monocular eyes. when it flies, it always projects moonlight into its eyes from one direction. when it bypasses an obstacle or loses its way, it just rotates its body. find the angle that the moonlight originally projected, and you can continue to feel the way forward.

If there is a light in the wilderness, when the moth sees the light, it will not know which is the moon and which is the light. Because the moon is far away and the light is near, the moth will mistake the light for the moon. In this case, as long as it flies a little in front of the light, it will feel that the angle of the light has changed-- from the side or from behind, so it turns back until the light is projected into the eye at the original angle. So the moth will keep turning to the light, circling in a spiral around the light, how can not escape.

Moths to the fire, the next sentence.

Moths to the fire-- self-destruction

Idiom allusions of moths to the flames

During the Northern and Southern dynasties, there was a man named Zhi Ji in the Liang Dynasty. When he was young, his parents died and he became an orphan. Life was very difficult. However, he did not flinch because of this. he studied hard when he had time, accumulated a lot of knowledge over a long period of time, and became an intelligent and talented man. He was bold and straightforward, and later he was used by the imperial court, and the official position went straight to the Sanqi Changfu, the waiter, and the Guozi to offer wine.

I have a grandson named Yi, who has been so smart since he was a child that he likes him very much. whenever he has time, he will accompany him to read books and write poems, thus forming a good habit of loving poetry. By the time he reached adulthood, he had made more achievements in poetry and prose, which was appreciated by Emperor Liang Wudi. Once, when he was chatting with Emperor Liang Wudi, Emperor Wudi joked, "your grandson's articles are so good that he wrote all your articles for you, right?"

To this end, Emperor Wudi of Liang also wrote a poem called "Lianzhu", which was kicked to Zhi. The main idea of the poem is "use inkstone to grind ink to write articles, and wave your pen very freely." At this time, like a moth to the fire, he completely forgot that his own ability would be destroyed. But you are an old man, so why not let your grandson Kui write the article for you? " Soon after he arrived, he was appointed Danyang Yincheng by Emperor Liang Wudi.

The life cycle of moths

1. Egg stage: the time from laying to hatching of an egg is called the egg stage. The embryo in the egg of the moth begins to develop after fertilization, and the egg becomes a larva after maturation.

2. Larvae: the process from egg hatching to pupation of larvae is the fastest growing stage, and the body weight of some species increases by ten thousand times from hatching to pupa maturation.

3. Pupa stage: the pupa stage is the stage of transition from larva to adult. When the larva matures, the body shortens, does not eat and does not move, the appearance gradually thickens, and pupation is carried out.

4. Adults: adults are the final stage of moth development, sexually mature and capable of mating and spawning, but some adults need supplementary nutrition before mating and spawning.

Are moths beneficial insects or pests?

Moths are pests. Moth larvae have chewable mouthparts, take plant leaves as food, and are important pests of agricultural and forestry crops, fruit trees, tea, vegetables, flowers and so on. Adults cannot chew food, but suck tree sap, nectar and so on with long mouthparts similar to straws. Some species will also be sheathed or spun and netted and so on. Some drill into the plant tissue to do harm, latent food mesophyll, drill borer stem. Some invading buds, flowers, seeds and other tissues can sometimes cause galls. Larvae living in soil bite plant roots and become important underground pests. The species that harm stored grain, goods or fur are important warehouse pests. A few species are predatory, preying on aphids or shell insects, such as aphids, gray butterflies are the natural enemies of sugarcane woolly aphids.