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Whenever people wear Jewelry whose construction is based on naturally occurring materials the feeling is special such as amber or Luna moths. Amber is created from fossils while Luna moth jewelry is created from a live insect whose wing length is often close to four inches. This is a special species of moths with big, faint green color and lacks mouthparts or eyespots. For that reason, they experience starvation and live for a very short time approximately seven days during which they reproduce and die afterwards.

Their wings are then conserved for use in jewelry making although a substantial percentage may not be authentic. Most of the jewelers truly committed to this Luna moth jewelry art do not search for the insects to pull out the wings when they are still alive but they approach justifiable butterfly farmers. In any case, these important farms provide crucial biological resources or exhibits for museums and of course used in exceptional jewelry from carefully conserved moth wings. These are normally used as pendants to plunge on an exquisite chain, choker, and leather cords or just about anything. The Luna moth pins are common such as the two-inch type made by Liztech and combined with many shimmering beads or the hand painted variety of pewter pin.
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