Shutterstock Soft-shelled and an unappealing shade of Mekong River brown, a Cantor's giant softshell turtle can grow up to ...

High parasite load. Lappet moth caterpillar parasited by braconid wasps. Enumeration of Plasmodium parasites (blue) in human red blood cells (pink) to quantify relative parasite load. A single ...

Moth Kubit is an RPG (role-playing game) about corporate life as an ordinary person… I mean, as an ordinary insect! Our protagonist, Moth Kubit, has just been promoted, and all of a sudden ...

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 ...

The researchers focused on two closely related moth species with overlapping ranges in the southeastern United States. "These two are very similar," said lead author Yash Sondhi, who conducted ...

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture officials have issued a quarantine on the sales of a popular evergreen shrub in Erie County after an invasive species of moth was found at two local cemeteries.

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 ...

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 ...

To some, the wasps, moths, ants and spiders that emerge may be considered mundane, or even a pest. To Jimmy, a professional photographer, they are the subject of striking close-up shots revealing ...

Several people have reached out to Castanet after spotting a hummingbird moth flittering around their flower gardens. The hummingbird moth is one of the larger members of the moth family and flap ...

North American moths represent about 12,000 types of moths. In comparison, there are about 825 species of North American butterflies. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) ...

The puss moth is a large and fluffy moth, with a very strange looking caterpillar. Puss moths are so fluffy they were named after pussycats! Their legs and body are covered in dense white hair and ...