From flamboyant flower-hopping fritillaries to reclusive giant luna moths, we compare these two pollinators for our gardens ...

However, the sphinx moths do not either transport or sequester plant molecular defenses. They utilize plant molecular defenses but with another technique. Endoparasite pupae spill from a sphinx moth ...

The larvae spend most of their time eating leaves and preparing for the pupae stage of their lives. As the cecropia moth moves into the fourth and fifth instars, the insect becomes more colorful ...

My neighbor showed me the pupa, and we agreed that I would give it loving care so that we could identify the species when the moth emerged as an adult. Neither of us was aware of the load of ...

Each tiny pupa was disemboweled, the scent glands carefully cut out. Male moths served as lab assistants: when they were placed near fractions into which the gland material had been divided ...

Two or three weeks later, the pupa transforms into the iconic moth. In colder climes like Ohio, the pupae of the last brood over winter in cocoons in leaf litter. Ironically, perhaps, the stunning ...

On their way to adulthood, spongy moths go through multiple larval stages, or instars, over six to eight weeks in spring — five instars for males, six for females. Then they transition to pupae ...

Ashbrook said the 2023 drought may have impacted the buck moths' diapause, a period of forced, extended development triggered by unfavorable weather conditions. "Some insects, as a pupae ...