black witch moths – imposing but harmless creatures with a 7-inch wingspan – have begun to show up in large numbers again across Southern California, including Orange County. And Texas ...

The world of moths is vast and underappreciated ... ornately marked with orange dots and bristling with stiff hairs. The mature caterpillar will soon fashion a cocoon, and late-summer luna ...

These big green worms are the larval form of a hummingbird-size moth. One lazy Tahoe summer ... the first gladiolus turned out to be bright orange with a yellow center. I assumed this was just ...

Because it is also colorful, people often mistake this moth for a butterfly. It’s a Canadian import that used to be far more ...

It was big. It was black. ... It has red or orange bands around its body, ... The giant leopard moth has a wing span of 2.25 to 3.6 inches, according to the University of Florida.

A 16-year-old aspiring entomologist from the Saint Andrews area found three rare cecropia moths in her neighbourhood.After ...

Orange sallow moths returned to the greater Muddy Brook Valley following habitat restoration works. (Courtesy of MassWildlife.) A rare moth species has returned to parts of Massachusetts ...

Another Big Island crop is under ... with bright orange-red spots and white hairs and measure about an inch in length. An adult Ramie moth has a wingspan up to 3.5 inches. Kamehameha butterfly ...

There are 15 times as many larger moths in Britain as butterflies. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent. Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Ailanthus webworm moths are beneficial insects that pollinate many species of flowers. Its larval stage devours leaves of the invasive tree-of-heaven.

The adult moths have made their mass appearance because of Louisiana's recent varying temperature changes this December, according to Lemann. Buck moths usually live for about a week and don't eat.