It’s been almost 15 years since the last recorded Chicago sighting of the insect known as the black witch, a moth so large that when it’s flying at night it’s often mistaken for a… ...

The witch is back.After a four-year hiatus, black witch moths – imposing but harmless creatures with a 7-inch wingspan – have begun to show up in large numbers again across Southern Cal… ...

The experts consider this moth a stray because the Black Witch moth generally ranges in tropical climates like south Florida and south Texas year around, yet individual moths have been sighted in ...

A black witch! We’re at a moth-centric event 2½ hours away, and one of the rarest moths that could appear in Ohio turns up only 10 minutes from our Columbus homes.

The black witch moth has the typical life cycle of other Lepidoptera, the scientific classification for butterflies and moths. Females lay eggs on leguminous host plants - like mesquite and acacia ...

Black Witch Moths are native to South and Central America and have a wing span that can measure up to 7 inches. “This is a species that tends to wander a lot,” Taron said.

However, some moths still have fearsome-sounding names and two of the more conspicuous species occurring in our region are the black witch moth and the rabbitbush hooded owlet moth.

One sunny afternoon in their Miamian second-floor apartment, a big black moth paid Nathalie and her dad a visit. Nathalie thought the moth was beautiful. She said to her dad, “I want to get that ...

There is nothing like this black witch moth species in our area in size and its dark fluorescent purple color. READ MORE. Trevor Edmonson ...

White Witch Moth Credit: flickr The White Witch Moth glides like a ghost through the treetops while carrying the widest recorded wingspan—up to 12 inches.

He said this includes the least tern, a bird about the size of a mockingbird, and the black witch moth, which is native to southern United States and Brazil.

'Bat moths' and owlets However, some moths still have fearsome-sounding names and two of the more conspicuous species occurring in our region are the black witch moth and the rabbitbush hooded owlet ...