Darwin and fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace predicted the existence of Wallace's sphinx moth from an orchid with an extremely long nectar tube. When you purchase through links on our site ...

A Madagascan hawkmoth, whose existence was predicted by Darwin and Wallace, has now been recognised as a new species. Known as Wallace's sphinx moth, the moth is famous for its enormous tongue - the ...

In a letter to friends, Darwin exclaimed ... At the time, it was considered a subspecies of Morgan’s sphinx moth, a hawkmoth also found on the African mainland. Now, thanks to DNA sampling ...

A giant sphinx moth (Cocytius antaeus ... Most famously, in 1862, Darwin examined a Madagascar orchid now named after him (Darwin’s orchid, or Angraecum sesquipedale) that has a foot-long ...

In 1862, Darwin was able to posit that some insect ... The hawkmoth was originally thought to be a subspecies of the Morgan sphinx moth (Xanthopan morganii), but in 2021 it was confirmed as ...

The Morgan's sphinx has a proboscis that measures a foot in length ... its nectar so well-hidden would need a corresponding unusual pollinator. Darwin died in 1882, but the moth was not discovered ...

It’s been two weeks since we covered the appearance of white-lined sphinx moths in the Bay Area, which are out in unusual abundance this year. That’s given readers plenty of time to hustle up ...

Cindy Burkhardt Maynard had been watching a sphinx moth caterpillar in her garden for several days, but then, it disappeared. Soon after, she saw another trundling across a dirt road on Rabbit ...

Few things are as fulfilling as cultivating a garden filled with diverse wildlife. One beloved backyard visitor, the ...

Cindy Burkhardt had been watching a sphinx moth caterpillar in her garden for several days, but then it disappeared. Soon thereafter, she saw another trundling across a dirt road on Rabbit Mountain.