The world's most colorful moths can even rival the beauty of butterflies — but these marvelous designs are also crucial to ...

The natural world is home to countless fascinating insects, but few are as striking as the Cecropia moth. With its plush, velvety body, bold patterns, and impressive wingspan, this giant silk moth ...

Pink and yellow fuzzy moth, commonly referred to as the “cotton candy moth”, found in North America. Not a fly, its namesake notwithstanding. Soars with colourful spotted wings in its brilliant reds ...

Moths are those “mysterious butterflies" that fly around at night, fluttering at our porch lights or around our windowsills. Midsummer is a great time for spotting these beauties in the northern ...

Color variation in insects is common, often driven by the advantages of mimicry and camouflage for predator avoidance. A textbook example is ...

THE present volume concludes Mr. South's excellent synopsis of the British Macro-lepidoptera, which occupies three volumes, one of butterflies and one of moths having appeared previously. We have ...

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 ...