Eupackardia calleta, or the calleta silk moth, is a saturniid found in ... With a wingspan of up to 10 inches, the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) is one of the world’s largest moths.

A bizarre sack-like “thing” dangling off a tree branch in a rural Aussie town stopped a man in his tracks this week. The ...

A closeup of an Atlas moth butterfly on a hand with blue colorful flowers in the garden Caucasian woman shopper customer choosing fabrics on shelves in cloth store girl shopping choose soft linen ...

In anticipation of the Bohart Musem's Moth Night, set for Saturday, July 12, visitors learned about the life cycle o the Ceanothus silk moth. Its host plant is ... helps coordinate the California ...

North America’s Promethea moth ( Callosamia promethea) has a link to Greek mythology, too: Prometheus was the Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans. Eighteenth-century British ...

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 ...

“In 1869, he brought the spongy moth in from England, wanting to crossbreed it with silk moths here in the United States. He was raising the spongy moths in his oak trees in his backyard and ...

Pharmaceutical giant Kowa Co. said it has created an exceptionally durable and environmentally friendly new textile from the gossamer silk of bagworm moth larvae. In its Nov. 20 announcement ...

The spongy moth was introduced to North America in an effort to create a silk industry. Moth populations exploded because it has no natural predators. Officials are spreading a fungus which kills ...