Rachel Holmes poses with one of the many luna moths she has taken under her wing to nurture and help hatch. The Greenfield Parks and Recreation teacher has had much success hatching these colorful ...

Camouflage is common in the animal kingdom, but blending in with the patterns, colors and textures of their surroundings won't help prey evade predators that hunt using echolocation. Researchers at ...

My mother called moths pests because they chewed up clothes in closets and infested food pantries. I later learned that pesky clothes moths in the Tineidae family lay eggs on clothes, where larvae ...

Some butterfly species sport striking patterns on their wings which they use to visually camouflage themselves from predators. But the luna moth is a nocturnal creature. Scientists have suggested that ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Luna moths, an insect commonly found in wooded parts of North America, has been spotted in Central Texas in recent weeks. Known for it's bright green and spotted wings, the moths can ...

Scientists recently discovered that Luna moths use their long tails as decoys to throw bats off their trail. But their tails also make Luna moths might also make them stand out to potential mates and ...

Moths and butterflies collectively belong to a big taxonomic group called Lepidoptera. That name means “scale-wing”, referring to the tiny scales that cover the wings of most of these species. The ...

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