moths on the web – news update

Positioned somewhere on the sublime–ridiculous scale …

• Moths provide inspiration for green energy: the structure of moths’ eyes enables them to ‘harvest’ light extremely efficiently, and this is providing a model for constructing more effective solar cells
  
• This is weird and possibly sinister, but US Defense researchers are trying to produce living insects with electronic implants so that they be controlled and directed – Cyborg moths
• Man finds moth in pre-washed, pre-packed salad shocker (well, at least it was a clean moth – what would be most appropriate in a salad, Mamestra brassicae?, Cucullia lactucae?)
• Is it a batman, is it a superman, no, it’s … Killer Moth

Not being too familiar with Killer Moth I consulted this review, “What is there to say about Killer Moth? He’s probably second only to Kite-Man as Batman’s goofiest foe … Killer Moth is a fairly standard figure, but his wings push his rating up a little higher.”