Just in time to celebrate National Pollinator Week, a striking looking Polyphemus moth landed on Liz Costales’ porch in Glenwood. Because this moth has such colorful eyespots on her wings, the beauty ...

Imaginary moths by Loren Schmidt and Katie Rose Pipkin (all images courtesy the artists) A selection of imaginary moths by Loren Schmidt and Katie Rose Pipkin Work on the bot began last month as a ...

You think you know what a moth looks like. Neutral colors, a little dusty, minding its business near a porch light, ...

I was gardening with a friend in Virginia Beach this week when she mentioned her plans to remove an old coral honeysuckle. After explaining how it hadn’t bloomed in years, the only thing that saved it ...

Let’s celebrate moths during National Moth Week. We’re not talking pesky pantry moths, but rather those exquisite nocturnal critters that fly around our porch lights. Why do moths fly around street ...

Moths typically get a bad rap. Their young have voracious appetites and are targeted for eradication because they eat our lawns and vegetable crops. But there are some that are actually pretty and may ...

If butterflies are the beauty queens of the insect world, moths are their drab and pesky cousins—or so you may have thought. It’s true that most moths are nocturnal, so you’re more likely to see them ...

It’s true that most people do not put the words “beautiful” and “insect” together unless they’re thinking of butterflies. But there are beautiful insects out there that are not butterflies. As with ...

National Moth Week begins on July 18. This annual event celebrates the misunderstood but magnificent moth. During Moth Week, researchers encourage everyday citizens to go out at night and look at ...