Found throughout the eastern United States and Canada, this silk moth’s unique pale green color and long tails make it easy to identify ... membrane beneath. Polyphemus caterpillars eat a ...

Pictured above is Ignacio Castellanos’s image of a male Polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus) in an oak forest in Huasca, Mexico. These moths measure more than 15 centimetres from wing tip to ...

By then, the spongy moth caterpillar culprits are pupating and changing into moths. But mid-summer is when caterpillars of ...

Here's what you might not know about what's inside a caterpillar's "cocoon." Contrary to popular belief, this is not a cocoon. Only certain moths build cocoons, which are like a silky sleeping bag ...

From moths eating their own mothers to carnivorous caterpillars on the rampage, the world of insects isn't always as it seems. Some species of moth have developed dark and unusual habits in the fight ...

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, ...

Moths won't mate without oak leaves. Two Harvard biologists have found that when the female polyphemus moth, receives the vapor from the oak through its antennae, it releases a chemical--a sex ...

“Mothing is the new birding,” says Liti Haramaty, a researcher at Rutgers University and co-founder of National Moth Week.

This adult luna moth has a very penetrating gaze. These moths are quite large, and their caterpillars produce silk shortly before the pupa stage of their development. Get a closer view of the image ...

The invasive species was detected for the first time in Sandpoint in more than 30 years. SANDPOINT, Idaho — The Idaho ...

Forestry Commission The oak processionary moth caterpillars are usually found in southern Europe. Long Eaton resident Tim Howlett was contacted by scientists after the invasive species was seen in ...

These recognizable caterpillars will freeze solid this winter and then will emerge in the spring as pretty moths. Fuzzy woolly bear caterpillars are the larvae of the Isabella tiger moth, which occurs ...