Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Late fall and early winter are the best times of year to spot giant silk moth cocoons in New England. Perhaps you’ve seen these creatures in the summer ...

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 large ...

Who doesn’t get excited upon finding a huge moth? While we don’t have the diversity of butterflies and moths found in the tropics, we do have some remarkable species up here. The one I found the other ...

Now you have a chance to raise a brood of silk moth caterpillars. Before transforming into a large silky cocoon, the fleshy green caterpillars of larger species can approach four inches in length.

This is the time of year when large moths are sometimes found at ground level in the early morning. For the most part, these moths have already laid eggs and are near the end of their lives. These ...

The post The Planet’s Largest Moths Have Wingspans as Wide as Birds appeared first on A-Z Animals. Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly ...

I’m not sure how I saw it, it all happened so quickly, but out of the corner of my eye I watched a small green-winged creature ricochet off the tractor-trailer driving in front of me. When it hit the ...

Now you have a chance to raise a brood of silk moth caterpillars. Before transforming into a large silky cocoon, the fleshy green caterpillars of larger species can approach four inches in length.

Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image. Inhabiting tropical forests and remote regions of the world are moths with ...