Now what do you think the Luminoth do look a little like Moths.... Don't they o.O?

Luminoth <------

Or is it just me who are crazy or something O.o?
I mean just look at their heads, they have some sonar like Antennas like the Moths have!

Moth <-------

And another thing. have you noticed the name Luminoth?
The first part "Lumi" is from IlLUMInation
And the second part Noth, is very similar to Moth.

So what do you guys think. Am I crazy or not!? :blink:
There is similarities!

Yes luminoth are based on moths and illumination comes from the latin stem lumi I think...

Yes that's what I thought, Luminoth means some kind of Light Moth.
Illumination is to "Light up" something, I think...

Hold on, I'll check, I'm not that good at Latin...

Darn it... I liked the Luminoth!
But I hate moths!
Except this one kid in my Boy Scout Troop. His nickname is Moth because he likes fire (a little too much!)

Haha in your face! :P
But hey Moths are cool you shouldn't not like them o\_/o

EDIT: And Strafe... no one except the Pope is good in Latin =P

ok, Here's why I don't feel comfortable around Moths:
I was bike riding, and I was talking. There was a swarm of Moths and I didn't see them.
Can you tell where I'm going? If not:
I swallowed them. That's why I don't like them.

But yes, They're cool; but I just never fell comfortable around them.
I do like them, I'm just not comfortable when they're there in great quantities. Get my Drift?

:mellow:

I see.... that happened to me once to..... i was running well and there came the Moths.... >.< It didn't taste too nice...

I guess it's a good thing that there's only one living Luminoth in MP2 then, huh?

Actually, there are more than one living luminoth, the others are just in an indestructible hibernation pods. U-Mos is just the only one that speaks with Samus.
Oh, and I don't mind the Luminoth. I can actually see them, they're not so tiny that you're right next to them before you see them.
Ever notice how tall U-Mos is?!

Lumi means Luminescence which means it has some kind of chemical inside the moth that makes it glow.

Luminescence actually just means giving out light.

By "One living Luminoth in MP2" I meant there's only one living Luminoth that appears in MP2, although now that I think back, more appear in the ending sequence, so I suppose I was wrong whichever way you took my statement. Oops!

You're both right. Luminescence means to give off light, and a chemical is how moths do it.

So i guess that means Lumimoth is a big futuristic moth guy.

ummmm... no. You make it sound lame when you say it that way. No offense.
"a large, advanced warior" sounds much cooler.

It reminds me of pokemon.

Ursa means bear in german IIRC. Ursa major is a constellation.

And Ursaring is a nighttime bear pokemon.

Nah, I doubt you're going insane. Nice observation skills too btw.

AKA Big-Futuristic-Moth-Humanoid-Light-Guy-Who-is-Cool! :lol:

Strike-Freedom: Thanks, and nice observation by you to!

They resemble moths a great deal. Luminous mean "light" which the Luminoth strive to protect on their planet and for their moth like appearences fits the name perfectly. So yeah, I agree the Luminoth look alot like moths.

They're supposed to look like moths, I thought that was friggin' obvious xD

actually, I didn't even notice till you brought it up! Poor me... My favorite alien... is now modeled after a friggin' bug...

Space pirates are bugs too, come to think of it a lot of metroid enemies are...

In most metroid games they are.
In some, they're reptiles.

Luminoth is based on the RL animal Lunamoth. Google that crap.

luminoth
lumicloth
luminacloth
Lumina cloth!?

See, you could say it's a lot of things, but it's all still speculation. Too bad no one from retro comes here.
Whatch as I use luminoth to turn a profit!

Luminoth
???
PROFIT!!!

So FB, does that mean I can get money playing MP2?

yes!

GOOD GOD...HE'S RIGHT.

It's the retro way, F OC, lets use something that exists.

Isn't Lunamoths just the same as Moths o.O

Not quite, in the way a lion is as a tiger. They're the same but very different.

But a lion can breed with a tiger! Can lunamoths breed with regular moths? and what about venomoth?
By the way, Liger, commit to it.
and the ing are insurance companies, what does that mean?

Aha.... That makes all more sense, Tiger-Lion, Lunamoth-Moth *hum*
And Venomoth is a Pokemon last time I checked, but it must be made up by Venom (Poison) and Moth (Lunamoth o.O?)