When I was a kid, I convinced one of my friends that the powder on a moths wing was deadly poisonous. I knew that if you touch a moths wings the powder would rub off and the moth wouldn't be able to fly, and I told him this and he didn't care... so I told him that it was poisonous and would kill him.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- My Nana told me that moths lay eggs in your hair. I still hate moths to this day.— Paula
- I used to believe that the dust at the top of doors was highly poisonous and could kill you.Anon
- i used to think that moths were travelling to different worlds when they circled the lights— Amanda
- I used to believe that moths were a species of bats that only ate the tag on the inside of your shirt— Bob the Baby
- I used to think that since caterpillars become butterflies, earth worms must become moths.— Moth Man
- My older sister told me squirrels were poisonous, and I believed her until I was 9.— Jenni