The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and The Wildlife Trusts are urging people to support moths this year as they celebrate ...

To address this, the researchers used a flight simulator system that allowed individual moths to fly in any direction while attached to a tether ( Dreyer et al., 2021 ). The researchers were able to ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says the spongy moth population has dropped in recent years, but the state isn’t in the clear. The invasive pests are still ...

The project's success largely relies on citizen scientists spotting a distinct white dot on the wings of moths.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The box tree moth has become a major pest in Europe and was first detected in the U.S. in 2021 in New York by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has confirmed the detection of a new invasive insect in the Commonwealth: the box tree moth. Inspectors ...

An invasive caterpillar species is posing a serious threat to a cherished native moth, even though the two never directly compete for food, according to new research from ecologists at the University ...

Most people who encounter the destructive spongy moth caterpillar see it as a terrible nuisance. The invasive insect with a voracious appetite — until recently known as the gypsy moth caterpillar — is ...

Michigan residents can expect a “significant” population decrease in spongy moths this summer. Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced its spongy moth forecast Monday, as caterpillars ...

First-of-its-kind project will see bogong moths tagged in the Australian Alps and monitored as they reach breeding grounds ...

Advanced Inquiry Program student Niki Desautels created this infographic as part of her Issues in Evolution course to summarize the way that bats have influenced moth evolution over millions of years, ...