Tussock moth caterpillars are native to Florida and the southeastern United States and feed on oak trees, among many others.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — These fuzzy, little creatures aren't as cuddly as they look. They're called tussock moth caterpillars, and they'll likely leave you with a painful, stringing rash.

Male silk moths are known to search for female moths by using their antennae to detect pheromones that the females emit. Shinshu University associate professor Daigo Terutsuki, 36, a researcher at ...

You have likely seen tussock moth caterpillars around your home or at local parks in the past few weeks. These hairy insects ...

Their wingspan ranges from approximately 3 to 4 inches. Promethea silk moths flit through the eastern half of the United States. Recently, their numbers have been declining as a result of ...

Along India’s southwestern coast, a species not seen for 73 years in the scientific record was rediscovered. Miguel Baixauli ...

If butterflies are the beauty queens of the insect world, moths are their drab and pesky cousins—or so you may have thought. It’s true that most moths are nocturnal, so you’re more likely to ...

Miguel Baixauli via Unsplash In the middle of the 20th century, researchers studying insects along the southern coast of India collected a never-before-seen species of moth. The year was 1951 ...