A thunderstorm loomed in the distance, soaking rains just minutes away. On a young red maple tree, a newly enclosed cecropia moth slowly pumped its wings. Freshly emerged from its cocoon, it has one ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Michigan's largest moth is also North America's largest moth and it can be found as far north as the lower providences of Canada and as far south as Florida. The hyalophora ...

Larger than a monarch butterfly but residing in the same realm of beauty, cecropia moths with wing spans of 5 to 7 inches are out and if you’re lucky, like the folks at Tree Pittsburgh, you might just ...

Dorothy Flood-Granat is looking for a mate – for her female cecropia moth, that is. The Stow resident recently posted a request for a male moth on NextDoor, a social networking service for ...

It’s a long time from late January to late May. The days are getting longer and we might see some different behavior with birds and squirrels at the feeders. Canine breeding season is beginning to ...

Officials at a Texas State Park discovered an "unusual" find while strolling the grounds during the daylight hours on Sunday, April 3. Inks Lake State Park in Burnet posted on Facebook how staff saw ...

Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image.

Having an interest in butterflies and moths keeps me searching for caterpillars from summer till fall, and for the cocoons of moths throughout the winter. Caterpillars can be quite difficult to find ...

"Vincent van Gogh painted a great painting of the giant peacock moth that is in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. "The great American painter Charles Burchfield painted a summer storm with a cecropia ...

I’m not sure how I saw it, it all happened so quickly, but out of the corner of my eye I watched a small green-winged creature ricochet off the tractor-trailer driving in front of me. When it hit the ...

Native to Southeast Asia, Atlas moths have wingspans reaching 30 centimetres, making them among the largest moths alive. Found in Papua New Guinea, Hercules moths possess massive wingspans up to 27 ...