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 ...

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

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, ...

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

However, he was able to get a piece of the box tree moth action. “Three of the box tree moth caterpillars ended up hatching while they were in our lab, so we were able to freeze and pin them,” Freeman ...