While moths aren’t a dangerous creepy-crawly to find in a home, they can be destructive, so it’s worth preventing or tackling a moth problem with moth repellents. Depending on the type of ...

Two moths discovered in a home in south Wales had travelled thousands of miles from their natural jungle habitat and were previously unknown to science, the Natural History Museum has found.

What is elephant hawk moth? The elephant hawk moth is a large pink and olive green moth but it is the larvae that are often found in gardens especially on fuchsia. The caterpillars are usually brown ...

The codling moth (Cydia pomonella) is a highly problematic pest for fruit trees, predominantly apples and pears. The larvae of the codling moth eat and burrow their way into developing fruits and have ...

Vapourer moth, also known as rusty tussock moth, are sexually dimorphic (males and females are different in appearance as adults). The males have plain orange-brown wings (wingspan 25-30mm) with a ...

There isn’t a big difference between a butterfly and a moth, but we all know which one out of the two gets more love in the world. Butterflies are bright, colourful and pretty – you can get ...

The two moths most commonly found in UK homes doing damage to natural fibres are the common clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella) and the case-bearing clothes moth (Tinea pellionella). It is the ...

Carpet moths were most destructive in their young stages of life, as eggs hatched into small caterpillar-like grubs that could live up to 12 months on an eating spree of woollen fibres throughout ...

A new species of moth was found in a home in south Wales after travelling thousands of miles in a photographer's boot bag. Two clearwing moths appear to have hitched a ride when they were larvae ...

A beautiful new species of clearwing moth that is native to Guyana has been described after it was discovered 7,000 kilometres away in Port Talbot, Wales. An unlikely sequence of events has led ...