If you think all moths are dull, brown, and boring, think again. Moths come in all kinds of bizarre shapes and eerie patterns, with many looking like they have flown straight out of a vivid dream — or ...

I’ve written about moths in the past and how, for a group of animals represented by somewhere north of 3,000 species in Ohio alone, they remain relatively unknown to all but the most die-hard ...

We've long known that some animals depend on the Sun to navigate the world. However, new research may have uncovered the first insect we know of that does the same using the stars and night sky. The ...

A native woodland in Kerry is home to a rare moth which was thought to have been extinct. The White Prominent moth, Leucodonta bicoloria, a snow-white moth with orange markings, was “one of those ...

To celebrate National Moth Week, bask in the beautiful variety of these oft-overlooked insects Shi En Kim; Photographs by Carla Rhodes - Reporter When the night falls and most people start to turn in, ...

The caterpillar of the moth looks just like a crustacean with its reddish-pink skin, forelegs like claws and a fat abdomen which curls like a lobster tail. But it emerges as a much drabber adult moth ...

Scientists are studying moth species in the Cairngorms as part of a 200-year vision to restore the area's natural habitats. Cairngorms Connect, whose partners include the RSPB and Scottish Natural ...

An uncommon moth once believed to have died out in Ireland is being sighted in increasing numbers in a remote area of native woodland in Glencar, Co Kerry. The White Prominent moth Leucodonta ...