From “Potential for Identification of Wild Night-Flying Moths by Remote Infrared Microscopy,” by Meng Li et al., in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol. 19, No. 191; June 22, 2022 ...

Moon moths can grow wings big enough to cover a human palm “and often have beautiful colors,” Rubin says. This winged phase lasts only the final week or so of the moths’ lives, when they ...

In search of such a change, Evert Van de Schoot at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium and his colleagues analysed the wing and body size of 680 spindle ermine moths (Yponomeuta ...

EXCLUSIVE: Think of the lowly moth, considered a sort of ugly stepsister of the beautiful butterfly, aimlessly winging around outdoor lights at nighttime whenever the opportunity presents itself ...

Butterfly and moth wings can be stunningly beautiful. More importantly, some have colourful and elaborate patterns that serve as a defence against hungry predators. There are many butterfly and moth ...

Lepidopterans (butterflies and moths) exhibit a splendid diversity of wing color patterns, and many species display black and white, or dark and bright, wing color pattern variants associated with ...

Billions of nocturnal Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 km to cool caves in the Australian Alps that they have never ...

Some moths use their wings to produce an ultrasonic warning sound against winged mammals. The findings are described in a study published February 5 in the journal Proceedings of the National ...

These scales come in a broad range of sizes – each with a characteristic resonant frequency. This allows the wings to absorb sound across a wide range of frequencies, making them far more effective ...

The “golden wings” moth has wings that can reach about 0.6 inches in size, Matson wrote. Photos show the new species. Seen from above, the moth’s wings are a creamy gold coloring with brown ...

Lepidopterans (butterflies and moths) exhibit a splendid diversity of wing color patterns, and many species display black and white, or dark and bright, wing color pattern variants associated with ...