Latest about Moths
Hummingbird hawk-moth: The bird-like insect with a giant sucking mouthpart
Just as humans rely on their eyes to make precise movements with their hands, hummingbird hawk-moths use continuous visual feedback to precisely position their proboscis in the center of flowers.
More than 1,000 species live in and around an ordinary suburban house, survey in Australia shows.
A house in Australia harbored more than 400 moths and butterflies, and hundreds of other species, including ones never documented before.
Gum leaf skeletonizer: The venomous 'Mad Hatterpillar' that wears its old heads like a crown
Rather than throw its old head cases away, the gum leaf skeletonizer wears them like a hat to protect itself from predators.
Caterpillars evolved their weird chubby little 'prolegs' from ancient crustaceans
The extra legs caterpillars have appear have origins in the primitive crustaceans that insects evolved from during the Ordovician period over 400 million years ago.
Fuzzy caterpillar has sting 'like being hit with a baseball bat," and now we know why
Scientists have discovered proteins in the caterpillars' venom that fold up "like a little donut" to punch holes in the victim's cells, delivering extremely potent pain signals to the brain.
Ecologist Tim Blackburn: 'Moths pollinate a wider range of species than bees'
Interview With colors ranging from candy pinks to golds and sometimes possessing wingspans as big as a bird's, moths are a fascinating group. Ecologist Tim Blackburn tells Live Science about the incredible, hidden world of moths.
Rarely seen supersized moth with 10-inch wingspan found at Australian school
A gigantic moth that is almost never seen by humans was recently found on a building site at a school in Australia.
Watch a 'Godzilla' wasp dominate Mothra in this eerie lab video
Scientists discovered a new species of aquatic wasp that reminds them of Godzilla.
