This year has proved to be exceptionally popular for sightings of "spooky" web-covered trees, with social media abuzz with ...

The hedge on the B4215 near The Malswick House Pub in Newent is covered in large silk webs likely created by thousands of ermine moth caterpillars. Regulars at the pub near Ledbury have even joked ...

The silky blanket acts as a giant cocoon ... said the silk webbing was harmless and used by the caterpillars to protect themselves. The ermine moth eggs are laid on trees in late autumn, which ...

The silky blanket acts as a giant cocoon ... said the silk webbing was harmless and used by the caterpillars to protect themselves. The ermine moth eggs are laid on trees in late autumn, which ...

The silky blanket acts as a giant cocoon, so the creatures ... of the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, said the silk webbing was harmless and used by the caterpillars to protect themselves.

Atlas Moth By Svdmolen - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4670545 Deep within the lush forests of Southeast Asia lives one of ...

From flamboyant flower-hopping fritillaries to reclusive giant luna moths, we compare these two pollinators for our gardens ...

The exciting thing about giant silk moths is that they do not have a mouth for food intake. Whatever they eat in the caterpillar stage, they store as fat in their body, and if the fat gets used up ...

emperor moths, and giant silk moths. However, they are the smallest of the whole family, with a wingspan of 3.2 to 4.4 centimeters (1.25-1.75 inches). Rosy maple moths are natives of North ...

An invasive caterpillar species is posing a serious ... A polyphemus moth on a branch. This species of giant silk moth is the second largest in North America and is lives from Canada all the ...