Fall leaves get a warm welcome from Christie Hunt. The River Forest, Illinois, resident rakes them into her flower beds, ...

Luna – lives in eastern North America. In the caterpillar stage, it feeds on several different species of broad-leaved trees, including gums, birches, and hickories. These moths spend about 10 days as ...

As Noah Kahan would say, "it's the season of the sticks." The vast majority of plants are shedding their leaves all over the ...

Spinning tails on the moths' wingtips scramble bats' echolocation signals to keep the moths from being eaten Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our ...

Luna moth caterpillars eat mainly leaves from white ... Rather than spinning a cocoon, Imperial moths burrow in the ground ...

This story appears in the June 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Light green, long winged, and roughly the size of a playing card, the luna moth is a striking creature. It’s a clever ...

The Madagascan moon moth (Argema mittrei) begins life as a caterpillar, hatching from one of 100 to 150 eggs, although many of its siblings will not make it to adulthood. The caterpillar, along with ...

Silkmoths make their cocoons in the leaves of deciduous host ... in anyone who sees one of these insects. One summer I saw Luna moths repeatedly at the Depot Theatre in Westport.

The story of how Mark came to be the Approval Minister in Moth, and the story of the early stages of the government within the original film.

Madagascar comet moth cocoon fibers have a highly metallic sheen. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...

This is due to its beauty, the detail on its wings, and its sheer size at every stage of its life cycle.' Adult atlas moths may be massive, but they do not feed at all after they have emerged from the ...

Contrary to popular belief, this is not a cocoon. Only certain moths build cocoons, which are like a silky sleeping bag that covers the insect. This, on the other hand, is what's called a chrysalis.