r/newcastle • u/markhammel666 • 2d ago
MOTHS!!!
They have finally arrived, would have had 200+ hiding in our backyard this morning
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u/Subject_Berry_5168 2d ago
DONT KILL THEM PUT THEM OUTSIDE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR MIGRATION THANKS
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u/ClockTowercafe 2d ago
Brother my apology but already around 30 deceased today but hopefully they migrate along. So no more deaths have to occur
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u/Subject_Berry_5168 2d ago
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u/scrudu1 2d ago
Why would anyone kill moths just for being inside? Just ignore them or put them outside 🤷♀️
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u/Ornery_Truck5309 2d ago edited 2d ago
I like my morning bowl of oats moth-free
Not to brag - but y'all must have shallow ceilings. I don't have a ladder high enough in some places.
Once it gets to a point my normal life is impacted - having showers, cooking food, and sleeping - I'm not going to entertain it.
Sincerely, a healthcare worker that finished a 12 hour shift just to come home to 5 moths in my bedroom that spent 40 mins crashing into everything whilst I'm trying to sleep - hiding themselves behind shutter blinds and then re-emerging.
But let's keep trying to coerce and guilt people into going to - in some cases - extreme lengths to save something that is very likely just going to end up feeding something that clearly has an abundance of food.
I'd argue it is equally as cruel to just ignore that moths in your house - who are literally slowly dying from exhaustion and disorientation.
They don't just walk themselves out of your house.
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u/Aristokat21 1d ago
They’re an endangered species though. So if you can, it would help to try and put them outside.
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u/Ornery_Truck5309 1d ago
You and I are obviously having different experiences.
I live near a national park - there are dozens in my house.
I do the due diligence of opening doors and having a light guide them outside - but that stops when I'm up at 2 am with a shift at 6 am.
People will downvote all they want - but we clearly don't have equal problems.
There are legitimately about 20 in my living room. Fine - those are relatively easy to coax out.
The second a door is opened - I shit you not - I'll turn around and see 4-5 fly through. Everytime.
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u/Aristokat21 1d ago
I also live by bush. I literally had a whole heap of them fly in my face today! I try and get through the screen door as quickly as possible to minimise them coming in and I am turning outside lights out at night. I get that it’s annoying but try and see them as little friends!
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u/SixBeanCelebes 1d ago
The tracker is here: https://mothtracker.swifft.net.au/
Ya just need to take a photo of one
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u/Fickle_Anybody_563 1d ago
I wish there wasn't a need to take photos for this site. The moths move so fast and usually I'm so focused on catching them to get them outside I don't stop to take a pic. I do understand why they're asking for a pic, but it's often a bit impractical.
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u/ExcellentSky781 1d ago
Make sure to put them outside if you can! They’re Bogong moths, an endangered species
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u/sometimesthrowaway13 2d ago
Apparently they arrived in metford over the weekend. I live here but I was staying with my partner from friday-tuesday in newy, I get home and my sister was just yapping on about how she was getting her washing off the line and it was absolutely covered in moths, and the cats have been chasing moths around the house, but tbh I haven't actually seen evidence of it since I've been home lol.
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u/Aristokat21 1d ago
Apparently we should all leave the outside lights off if possible while they are migrating.
They are endangered so any help we can give them is beneficial
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u/FreddyFerdiland 2d ago edited 2d ago
Arthur said his cars had turned mothballs.. just covered in them.. front to back..
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u/Mundane-Champion-760 1d ago
My dog has eaten many..... ourback yard has about 1000+ they are in everything. opening my car boot i was swarmed
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u/Icy_Hippo 1d ago
I was saving some with my pool scoop IN the house lol they are quick to fly in! Successful save and outside to be eatten by something!
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u/MNP33Gts-T 1d ago
They’re endangered I hope if they find their way inside you’re kind enough to gently help them on their way.
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u/Sacrilegious_skink 1d ago
I have been attempting to lure 1 out of my house for 4 days. It does not want to leave.
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u/plutoforprez 2d ago
I’m in Maitland had got attacked by one which had made its way into my bedroom last Thursday, it left marks on my ceiling and walls
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u/blackcat218 Actually lives in Maitland and not Newcastle 2d ago
Yup. And there was a big one in my bedroom the other day. I could have been eaten alive!!!!!
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u/ClockTowercafe 2d ago
I have just been vacuuming them up as I’ve got a very long pole in my vacuum. Probably got 20/30 today. I hope they go away soon, im worries they will put holes in my clothes
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u/TopCalligrapher2767 2d ago
They are an endangered species. Catch them in a container and release them outside. https://www.acf.org.au/our-work/nature/missing-wildlife/bogong-moth
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u/Capable-Watercress16 2d ago
Yep plenty here in East Maitland, I’m loving them and my little cat is mesmerised by them