Last week was National Pollinator Week, which celebrates the importance of insects, birds and other animals that pollinate ...

Common name: Giant Silk Moth. Species: Antheraea polyphemus. Appearance: Tan, beige or chestnut brown. Wing span of 4-6 inches. Two bold, owl-like fake eyes on its hind wings.

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 way down to Mexico.

Moths transferring orchid pollen on their eyeballs is one of those. The orchid family ( Orchidaceae ) is massive, containing nearly 30,000 species worldwide, with many others no doubt awaiting ...

Polyphemus Moth, Antheraea polyphemus. According to Washington State University, other larger species of moths live in Washington and are part of the Saturniidae or Sphingidae families.

Nocturnal insects like the Polyphemus moth are less picky about what they eat. As part of their research, the scientists looked at the size of 582 insects' antennae ...

Other large, related moths are native to the United States, like Cecropia moths (the largest in North America) and Polyphemus moths.Please don’t squish them.. The exact origins of the one moth ...

Luna, Sphinx and Polyphemus moths are all known to live in Oklahoma, along with the cecropia moth, the biggest in North America. The University of Florida said: ...

Two Polyphemus moths, giant silk moths with 6-inch wide wings, named for the one-eyed Greek cyclops Polyphemus, chose her porch pole on which to mate.

Discover the amazing silk moths you can expect to find in the garden. See photos of silk moths and learn facts about these ...

Two Polyphemus moths, giant silk moths with 6-inch wide wings, named for the one-eyed Greek cyclops Polyphemus, chose her porch pole on which to mate.