[VadeRetro]

There do appear to be complications in the moth's story. Much of their activity is at night, and camouflage from birds is not the only thing going on. Much of that is conceded by other sources. Still, that author seems to have a bit of the chip on the shoulder.

The overall summary on T.O. mentions the same arguments with more perspective.

[furball4paws]

Hey, all. Drudge has a link to a story about 100's of new species just found in New Guinea:

http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article343740.ece

I guess cannibalism has its positive aspects in preserving species that might otherwise make it in the pot.

Not too many of these ultra-remote places left for finding a plethora (yes I said plethora) of new species.

[Ichneumon]

There do appear to be complications in the moth's story. Much of their activity is at night

How is that an issue? Camouflage is even more important when the moths are resting, during the daytime. They'll still get eaten in the daytime at a rate proportional to their visibility, no matter when they're active. If anything, their visibility during their resting phase is even *more* important since they're a lot more defenseless when they're dormant.