Charles LaCalle, a resident of Santa Fe’s South Capitol neighborhood, labored hard hoping to rescue the fir tree in his front yard from an aggressive outbreak of the Douglas-fir tussock moth ...

When they are fully grown, they leave the flower and burrow into the soil to pupate in a cocoon. When they emerge in spring as moths, the flowers are blooming again and the life cycle repeats. For ...

From the beautiful to the bizarre, this annual photographic showcase shines a light on some of our planet’s most breathtaking ...

After two weeks of feasting, the larva exits the boll and drops to the ground, where it spins a cocoon and pupates. From this cocoon emerges a grayish-brown moth, ready to mate and begin the pink ...

Borers overwinter as cocoons in the soil and emerge as adult moths from late June to mid-July when they mate and lay eggs ...

Part II of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking 1962 series on the environmental impact of DDT and other pesticides.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two moths the size of a hand, their wings patterned with brown and pink around four translucent sections, mate for hours hanging from a line alongside cocoons like the ones ...

At The Church of Marys the Virgin in Henlow, the box tree caterpillar (cydalima perspectalis) has made its presence felt. The ...

Native to Australia, tiny Bogong moths travel hundreds of miles in an astonishing annual migration by using the starry night sky to navigate, according to a new study.

Testing star-based navigation in moths Native to Australia, the Bogong moth, or Agrotis infusa, is entirely nocturnal and has an adult wingspan of about 2 inches (5 centimeters).

Scientists have discovered that tiny brown moths in Australia can travel more than 600 miles by tracking stars.⁣ ...