A nonprofit organization in East Brunswick, New Jersey started National Moth Week in 2012. The Friends of the East Brunswick ...

Along the southern edge of the United States sits the state of Alabama. While it may be home to over five million people, ...

The moth is beautiful, and the caterpillars get so big that you can hear them eating.” According to the state DNR’s Biological Society, Minnesota is home to nearly 2,500 moth species, including four ...

Okay, so the giant wood moth isn’t exactly of kaiju proportions, but in insect terms, it’s still pretty hefty; some female members of this species have a wingspan of around 23 centimeters (9 ...

Explores various types of insect homes and their life cycles. It discusses how insects like moths, webworms, spittle bugs, gall wasps, beetles, ants, cicadas, ant lions, caddis fly larvae, wasps ...

A polyphemus moth on a branch. This species of giant silk moth is the second largest in North America and is lives from Canada all the way down to Mexico. CathyKeifer/Getty ...

Joseph James Bowden, an arthropod ecologist from eastern Canada — a researcher mostly working with Arctic insects and spiders — identified it as an Antheraea polyphemus, commonly known as the ...

The giant silk Polyphemus moth gets its name from the distinct “eyespot” patterns on its wings. They look like giant eyes, reminiscent of the famous cyclops of Greek Mythology, Polyphemus.

June means warm nights, summer solstice, fireflies … and the seldom-seen giant silk moths. Giant silk moths are members of the family Saturniidae and include some of the most spectacular native ...