If butterflies are the beauty queens of the insect world, moths are their drab and pesky cousins—or so you may have thought. It’s true that most moths are nocturnal, so you’re more likely to ...

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 ...

One man is on a mission to bring Australia’s second-largest moth back to Darwin. The atlas moth, a true marvel and emblematic species of the Northern Territory, remains a rare sight known only to a ...

As humans drop off to sleep, the invisible world of moths comes to life. Across the planet, billions of the insects take flight on their nocturnal errands. Few places host more species than ...

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 ...

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.

polyphemus and regal moths, various large sphinx moths and many other nocturnal butterflies. One of the showiest, yet least known of these gems is the zebra conchylodes (con-chil-oh-dees ...

1 most of the adult males are gone from this area. That evening there was actually more activity from sphinx, or hawk, moths than there was from hummingbirds. They fly in the daytime and they’re ...

However, these flying insects are simply displaying their mastery of mimicry. Often referred to as hawk moths or sphinx moths, hummingbird moths are captivating critters with fascinating behaviors and ...

What do you think? — C.M., Albuquerque A: The moths you speak of, I’ve always known them as sphinx moths, could very well be the critter you noticed at dusk that evening.