The Maine Forest Service is encouraging Mainers to remove browntail moth webs from trees before caterpillars emerge in ...

Box caterpillars are the moth’s larvae. They are around 1-1.5 ... partially missing leaves covered with webbing and a ground pepper-like material (boxwood tree moth excrement), it may be because ...

It must have seemed terribly ironic to late University of Cambridge evolutionary biologist Michael Majerus, after dedicating nearly half a century to the study of peppered moths (Biston betularia), ...

In this activity, your class will use images of historic peppered moth specimens from the Museum's collection to understand variation in a population. They will then play the lucky landing game to ...

An evolutionary biologist’s posthumous publication restores the peppered moth to its iconic status as a textbook example of evolution. Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten budgets, ...

One of the goliaths of the insect world, the atlas moth is a gentle giant – but behind every oversized moth is a very hungry caterpillar. The atlas moth is among the biggest insects on the planet, ...