In my Gum trees I have a good colony of Aussie Silk Moths, aka gum emperor moth caterpillars – they live and feed on gum ...

The post The Planet’s Largest Moths Have Wingspans as Wide as Birds appeared first on A-Z Animals. Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly ...

A mention of silk moths may conjure up images of China where, for millennia, fibers teased from cocoons of domesticated silk moths (Bombyx mori) have been used to manufacture silk, and the producers, ...

Picture yourself cutting a branch from the lilac bush or apple tree in your backyard, when a huge, green caterpillar — the width of your thumb and length of your forefinger — falls onto your hand or ...

Who doesn’t get excited upon finding a huge moth? While we don’t have the diversity of butterflies and moths found in the tropics, we do have some remarkable species up here. The one I found the other ...

Polyphemus moths call an hour before and after midnight, and if a female remains unmated, she will call again just before dawn. Using their large feathery antenna, male silk moths can detect ...

The Cecropia moth, North America's largest native moth, is a striking insect known for its velvety body, bold patterns, and impressive wingspan. Found east of the Rocky Mountains, it undergoes ...

A recent sighting by a friend of the beautiful and somewhat rare Imperial Moth was most encouraging and exciting. (It has been many years since I have seen one.) Aptly named, this giant golden moth ...

In books about moths, anecdotes abound about these fly-by-nights (mostly). One moth family in Europe, the Hepialus, was known as "ghost" moths, for the pale white males would gather and flutter up and ...