Take it from someone who has seen one: The green-colored luna moth is a truly beautiful insect. The luna moth has a wingspan of 4 inches, and each wing has a prominent eyespot. The tops of the front ...

Moths, the lesser-known relatives of butterflies, represent one of the largest animal groups in Ohio. Butterflies, which fly during the day and are easily seen, are much better known than their ...

PITTSBURGH — A pair of very rare moths are on exhibit at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens and only for a limited time, as the insects only live for seven days. According to staff at ...

The world of moths is vast and underappreciated. Many people notice these creatures of the night only as fluttering brown wraiths clouding around the porch light. Yet these seemingly bland insects are ...

My Holy Grail of the Lepidoptera is a moth that outshines most of our more brilliant butterflies; the luna moth (Actias luna), a giant, pale-green Saturnid moth, the best known of the North American ...

Scientists recently discovered that Luna moths use their long tails as decoys to throw bats off their trail. But their tails also make Luna moths might also make them stand out to potential mates and ...

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DEAR JOAN: We found this dead caterpillar in our driveway. It sure looks like a luna moth, but I was always under the impression that luna moths were found in the East Coast rather than west of the ...

Moths are those “mysterious butterflies" that fly around at night, fluttering at our porch lights or around our windowsills. Midsummer is a great time for spotting these beauties in the northern ...

Sarah Friedl, 6, and her brother Pucci, 3, get a up close look at silk worms during a Nocturnal moth watching event at the Texas Discovery Gardens in Dallas, Tuesday, July 24, 2013. Sarah Friedl, 6, ...

"I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment," − Lucy Maud Montgomery Moths, the lesser-known relatives of butterflies, represent one of the ...

In a pair of complementary studies, researchers took a close look at Luna moth (Actias luna) tails through the eyes of birds and female moths to test the tails’ role in predation and sexual selection.