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Dear "What’s That Bug",
Some friends of mine and I were amazed and yet very scared of this huge bug attached to our dorm-room side door. We attend Bible college, are from ages 18-24, and yet we’re very freaked out by this thing that looked like it could eat our soul. It was definitely dying, but still… We took pictures and went around online looking for it and found your site (and we now assume it’s a Dobsonfly). Does this thing bite? Also… did Japan use this bug as a basis for Mothra? Thanks for making our search quick and easy,
~Scared JBC Students
P.S. Wow! God has creativity!

Dear Scared Students,
Evolution and Natural Selection truly are wondrous. The Dobsonfly does not eat as an adult. The male has formidible pincher jaws used in mating and the female has more useful jaws for biting and she will bite for defense. It is very necessary for her to be able to protect herself before she lays her eggs. We are not really sure what the actual inspiration for Mothra was, but we assume it was a Saturnid Moth.

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