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Larry Ray Hafley
Tiny mites infect and inhabit the ear of the Leucania moth. Yes, I said, "the
ear," singular. In which ever ear the mites first locate, the other is left
free. Hence, if the left ear of the moth is indwelt by mites, the right ear will
remain clear of mite invasion.
Now, it so happens that bats love to feast on the Leucania moth, but the moth
has an ultrasound detector in its ears which allows it to evade attacking bats.
(Men put radar detectors in their cars--who put ultrasound detectors in the ears
of the moth?) When mites invade the moth's ear, the moth loses the service of
its detector in that ear. However, with one ear still free of mites, it can
successfully escape a preying bat. If the bat eats the moth, it will also eat
the mites in the moth's ear; so, the mites only dwell in one ear and leave the
other one free and clear. It is a nice, clever design. The mite has a home, and
the moth maintains his security system.
What keeps mites from using both ears? Do mites or moths have zoning laws, or
what? Did blind, mindless, lifeless evolution design and implement such a system
of housing and mutual protection as exists between the moth and the mite? Or,
could it be that such a marvelous arrangement testifies to the existence of a
Divine engineer, director, and builder (Psa. 19:1-4)?
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