People are scared of caterpillars, yet they look with loving eyes upon the butterflies which emerge from the chrysalises after caterpillars pupate; as for moths, their name in Taiwanese dialect means "mucky butterflies."
人們畏懼毛毛蟲，但由毛毛蟲化蛹而出的蝴蝶卻博得人們關愛的眼神；至於蛾類，閩南語稱之為：骯髒的蝶兒。