As night falls over Australia's forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In ...

Most macro-moths are large, and this group is technically called Macroheterocera. It contains the biggest species in the world. Because the above categories are linked to evolutionary time rather than ...

The other night, illuminated by my car's headlights, I saw a fluttering speck. A moth. A single, solitary moth. And, during ...

After causing mayhem on the East Coast, the spongy creature has infiltrated parts of Northern and Southern California.

These caterpillars carry a toxic chemical cocktail and Inquisition-like delivery implements—and their geographic range is ...

Where it lives: Europe and North Africa, migrating north in summer and south in winter What it eats: Nectar Why it's awesome: — It's a bird! No, it's a hummingbird hawk-moth! This fascinating ...

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, ...

A review of what Alberta’s insect survey maps reveal about pest pressure both last year and for the coming growing season.

Jill Pollok, Brian Kunkel and UD undergraduate students team up to stay ahead of invasive species throughout Delaware ...