Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image.

Southern flannel moth sounds pretty harmless, right? Well, this is a caterpillar with venom that stings and burns so badly ...

Farmers are hoping for a cool, wet spring to halt a three-year population explosion of a pest which has the potential to ...

Butterfly populations in the US declined 22% between 2000 and 2020. Butterflies and moths belong to the biological order Lepidoptera. Butterflies undergo complete metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa, ...

Okay, I’ve seen a lot of moths in my life but what the heck is THIS thing?!?! If I saw that flapping its fuzzy wings around my porch light on a warm August night, I’d think I was in a deep sleep ...

Beet moth was responsible for a sugar beet yield reduction of 25%, a drop in sugar content and a forced switch to earlier lifting at Troston Farms in Suffolk, where farm director Edward Vipond is now ...

Pantry moths lay their eggs in common foods like grains and flour, but they aren’t harmful. Adult moths, odors, and sticky webbing on food packages indicate a pantry moth infestation. The type of ...

Although people spot most moths fluttering about their porch lights at night, the eight-spotted forester moth (Alypia octomaculata) is unusual: It ventures out during the day. Because it is also ...