There isn’t a big difference between a butterfly and a moth, but we all know which one out of the two gets more love in the world. Butterflies are bright, colourful and pretty – you can get ...
Let us consider five insect allies. Legend tells us that the Chinese empress Leizu founded the cultivation of silk from caterpillars over 5,000 years ago, after a silkworm moth cocoon plummeted ...
A Carmenta brachyclados, or short-branched clearwing moth, as seen from above and below. Photos from Sterling, Cadet, Beasley and Lees (2024) After analyzing the insect’s DNA, scrutinizing its ...
A zoologist couple from Chattogram, Md Jahir Rayhan and Sayema Jahan, determined the genus and the species of a newly discovered moth and came up with a name for it — Paraxenoacria spinosa ...
Scientists in the United Kingdom discovered a new species of clearwing moth after a photographer unknowingly carried it home from Guyana. Photo from Sterling, Cadet, Beasley and Lees (2024) ...
Have you ever been outside on a cool morning and seen a luna moth (Actias luna ... mistaken for a monarch (Danaus plexippus)? These butterflies and many others found in the Great Plains need ...