Yet again, I'm getting inspiration from Uncyclopedia.
Imagine a situation in which you need to pretend to be strapped for cash--a nillionaire, if you will. What better way to accomplish this than to open your wallet and display its emptiness? The answer, of course, is to open your wallet and watch as a live moth flutters out. That, ladies and gentlemen, is a wallet moth.
I designed several mechanisms to operate this device. There are actually two main parts: the moth corral, where non-working moths are kept alive, and the wallet itself.
First, the corral. It's a giant clear acrylic box. Near the top is a series of antechambers that allow the moth-rancher to remove or replace any number of moths at a time. Inside the actual corral, fine mesh keeps the moths breathing happily while still preventing escape. A device not unlike an aquarium pump supplies fresh food into the corral. This serves to eliminate the risk of losing moths when opening and closing the chambers to refill the food container.
Now then. The wallet itself. There are two pouches in this wallet. One is for money, and one is for the moth transporting device. The latter pouch handily obscures the former, so close inspection won't really reveal the fact that you are not, in fact, poor. the outer pouch seems empty except for a thin acrylic chamber at the very bottom of the pouch. Inside this chamber is a single moth (which one would have selected from the moth corral before going out about town) and a cotton ball doused with sugar water to keep the insect alive. The chamber itself is comprised of two halves connected by a small spring that keeps the chamber closed. The two halves are stitched into opposite sides of the wallet pouch, so when one opens the pouch, the halves dehisce and create an opening from which the moth can escape. The creature may require a little motivation (troubleshooting: try shaking the wallet or turning it upside-down) but it should hopefully escape eventually. Fly, flit away! Enjoy your freedom, my metaphor for abject poverty!
Also, keep away from open flame.
