When many of us think of moths, we think of drab little insects that flit around light bulbs at night. However, some of the most beautiful lepidopterans are moths, not butterflies. So, what is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rosy Maple Moth has a stunning pink-and-yellow coloring that makes it look fairytale-like. With a wingspan of only 1.2 to 1.7 ...

Just in time to celebrate National Pollinator Week, a striking looking Polyphemus moth landed on Liz Costales’ porch in Glenwood. Because this moth has such colorful eyespots on her wings, the beauty ...

Imaginary moths by Loren Schmidt and Katie Rose Pipkin (all images courtesy the artists) A selection of imaginary moths by Loren Schmidt and Katie Rose Pipkin Work on the bot began last month as a ...

A few weeks ago in the Price Chopper parking lot, I watched as a couple of people stared down at the grass median. As I got closer to them, I saw what had captured their interest -- a luna moth, at ...

At first glance, the wings of this moth may seem unimpressive, but a closer look reveals an impressive mimic, from the perfect leaf shape and tiny veins right down to the broken edges. The orange ...

In most animal species, males and females show obvious differences in body size. But how can this be, given that both sexes share the same genes governing their growth? Entomologists studied this ...

"Those big wing patterns probably scare off a lot of predators." ...

I was gardening with a friend in Virginia Beach this week when she mentioned her plans to remove an old coral honeysuckle. After explaining how it hadn’t bloomed in years, the only thing that saved it ...