Quick Take Imperial moths are large silkworm-moths with a 3 to 7 inch wingspan and leaf-like camouflage. Adults do not feed ...

A strikingly green caterpillar about as long as my little finger was attached to a sprig of oak leaves in our yard. Knowing the caterpillar with spikes on its back was the larvae of an Io silkworm ...

The Silk-Making Moth's Survival Skills? Practically Zero. A heated debate is underway about the true identity of the silkworm. Arguments are flaring up everywhere about whether it's a moth or a ...

It's all about "the birds and the bees." And now, "the silkworm moths and the fruit flies." A chemical ecologist and a genetics researcher at the University of California, Davis, have joined forces to ...

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 ...

Male silkworm moth, right, courts the female. It's all about "the birds and the bees." And now, "the silkworm moths and the fruit flies." A chemical ecologist and a genetics researcher at the ...

Researchers explore how the domesticated flightless silkworm moth (Bombyx mori), a prominent insect model in olfactory research, uses wing flapping to manipulate airflow, enhancing their ability to ...

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Moths are "butterflies of the night," as local naturalists John and Gloria Tveten call them. The colorful creatures are more likely to show up under a porch light than on a flower as butterflies do. I ...