The White-lined Sphinx is an abundant North American pollinating moth found from coast to coast. These insects are closely associated with plants: as adults they drink nectar from flowers and the ...

If you have flowers around your house, then there’s a good chance you’ve seen this week’s featured creature, the white-lined sphinx moth. Like the snowberry clearwing that I featured in April 2022, ...

White-lined Sphinx Moth Credit: flickr The White-lined Sphinx Moth is often mistaken for a hummingbird as it hovers at flowers in the early evening. Its wings feature crisp white streaks over earthy ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday listed the bogbean buck moth as an endangered species. The one-inch, black and white moth lives in only a handful of peat wetlands called ‘fens’ in Oswego ...

Tussock moth caterpillars are back in Florida. Their spiky hairs can cause an itchy rash. Learn how to avoid them.

Spreading its wings over the sandhills and scrub of peninsular Florida, a moth species with immaculately white wings has remained unnoticed by science until Mr. Terhune Dickel brought it to the ...

A few days ago in the garden, I spotted a small but very attractive insect. It was slim, around three quarters of an inch long and had a striking orange and black pattern that was hard to miss. I have ...