The white-lined sphinx moth ( Hyles lineata) is a North American sphingid sometimes mistaken for a hummingbird as it hovers ...

The six-spot burnet is the most common British burnet moth and the only species with six red spots on each forewing. According to Alessandro, though, 'Some of its spots can be fused, making it ...

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A decline in the British moth could have serious consequences for the UK's biodiversity if it is not arrested, an MP has warned. Bridgend member Madeline Moon has led a parliamentary motion calling on ...

Moths may show up throughout the day, but prime mothing time is about an hour after sunset through dawn, says Haramaty. Anywhere will work: One entomologist in Scotland recorded 190 species from ...

Age is just a number, or is it? A new study by UTEP researchers shows that adult moths are more vulnerable to attack than ...

Only 17 British were killed, but almost every man in the garrison had sustained some kind of wound. Tourism Dundee chairperson Toyi Mtshali said it was an honour to mingle with the Moths and the ...

The exhibition Animals: Art, Science and Sound at the British Library (until 28 August 2023) reveals how animals have been documented across the world through history. Cheryl Tipp, Curator of ...

Both male and female rosy moths fly exclusively at night. Pink-striped oakworm moths, in the genus Anisota, are less flashy, with subtle grades of ocher, umber and marl.

Paleontologists recently discovered a 506-million-year-old “moth-like” predator that lurked in prehistoric Canada. Royal Ontario Museum. Joe Moysiuk, a curator of paleontology and geology at ...

THE last of the many recent additions, superficial and profound, to the stock of books on British Lepidoptera, is essentially a book for the beginner, but one which challenges consideration as an ...