Researchers in China believe some nocturnally migrating insects, including highly destructive and invasive moths, use both ...

Moths are flying later into the year as warmer falls extend their season, giving some species time for additional generations before winter.

Hawk moths are known for being some of the largest night fliers in the insect world. With wingspans of more than four inches, many species are big enough to comfortably fill the palm of your hand.

South of Fall Creek by the edge of the woods, the moths would gather. They were, of course, drawn by light—set out by a ...

A research team was able to find a previously unknown glacial relic in the Alps, the Alpine rose leaf-miner moth. It is the first known species to have its caterpillars specializing on the rust-red ...

Ohio’s moth fauna is incredibly diverse. At least 2,000 species have been documented, and scores of others await discovery. I once heard an expert on “micro-moths” say that if we could find all of ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

One kind of Australian moth looks to the stars on its voyage to a summertime refuge. In spring, mounting temperatures and dwindling food sources send the moths roughly 1,000 kilometers south toward ...

State agriculture officials have unveiled plans to spray a nontoxic pheromone in dozens of treatment areas this summer to disrupt the mating of spongy moths, a leaf-eating insect that can damage trees ...