Prolonged periods of warm weather this summer have seen our gardens and outdoor spaces bursting into life. Vibrantly-coloured plants and glorious wildlife species can be found around every corner and ...
While Darwin predicted that the orchid would be pollinated by a long-tongued moth, when naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace described the orchid in 1867, he said some of the larger species from the the ...
Moths are an indicator species, which means their numbers help determine the health of an ecosystem – and they've been around for more than 190 million years! According to Texas State Parks, that's ...
As the sun sank and dusk gathered, a white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) hovered while sipping nectar from notch-leaf scorpionweed (Phacelia crenulata). The moth’s agility was remarkable — it ...
Cindy Burkhardt Maynard had been watching a sphinx moth caterpillar in her garden for several days, but then, it disappeared. Soon after, she saw another trundling across a dirt road on Rabbit ...
May is finally bringing some warmer weather to Massachusetts, but it also brings some annoyances like gypsy moths, an invasive species that damage trees all across the commonwealth. Gypsy moths begin ...
BOSTON (CBS) - The pesky gypsy moth caterpillars are back and experts say it will be one of our worst years on record. Now is the time homeowners should take action. Read: Gypy Moth Facts & Management ...
You've probably noticed them in your doorway, along windows and in the nooks and crannies of your car. It's miller moth season, the time of year when the moths migrate across the state and seem to ...