Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dot-lined white moth Everyone loves butterflies. The sun-loving insects are often festively colored and easily seen as they visit ...

I talked about your question with my friend Allan Felsot. He’s an insect scientist at Washington State University. He told me cocoons are mostly silk. But they’re usually made by moths. A butterfly ...

Some moths pollinate by accident, brushing against pollen as they sip nectar and carrying it from flower to flower. Tiny ...

Moths are those “mysterious butterflies" that fly around at night, fluttering at our porch lights or around our windowsills. Midsummer is a great time for spotting these beauties in the northern ...

“Young female new to town seeks a high-flying guy for a good time. If interested — and I know you are — just follow the perfume trail to me, la femelle du papillon de la nuit.” This is a female moth, ...

Entomologist Floyd Shockley drove across the country to pick up a premier butterfly and moth collection Jack Tamisiea The new acquisition contains butterflies and moths from around the world and ...

Transparent wing patches may do more than allow butterflies and moths to hide -- they may also warn predators to leave them alone, suggests a new study. Transparent wing patches may do more than allow ...

Hessel’s hairstreak have been seen in southeastern Virginia. These butterflies enjoy roaming bay forests and wetland bogs with sandy soil, according to the Department of Conservation and Recreation ...

Everyone loves butterflies. The sun-loving insects are often festively colored and easily seen as they visit flowers. About 140 butterfly species have been found in Ohio, which may seem like a lot.