June means warm nights, summer solstice, fireflies … and the seldom-seen giant silk moths. Giant silk moths are members of the family Saturniidae and include some of the most spectacular native large ...

As if 2020 needed to become more like a Hollywood disaster film, giant Asian gypsy moths are now something to possibly be worried about. A species of gypsy moth that's native to Asia was recently ...

One of the world's largest moths showed up in Bellevue, Washington, to the astonishment of the homeowner who found it basking in the sun on the side of his garage — and the alarm of entomologists. How ...

Builders working at a school next to a rainforest in Queensland found a rare giant wood moth. The giant wood moth can weigh up to 30 grams, with a wingspan of 9 inches. The builders took a photo ...

Matthew Gimmel, curator of entomology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History recently published the discovery of expanded migration of the giant swallowtail butterfly and the giant sphinx moth ...

Giant giant peacock moth on branch. About 300 million years ago, insects were scales larger than they are today: a shudder-inducing thought for anyone with entomophobia. Griffinflies, for instance, ...

Q: Last week, I had a new bug in our yard where we have many flowers along the edge of our lawn that looked like a giant bee or a small hummingbird but without a bill. My uncle, who has gardened for ...

In a lesson about appreciating life and the power of exposure therapy, a woman named Tala on TikTok recently uploaded a video in which she talked about the journey she took to become a “grandMOTHer,” ...

Not afraid of lions or tigers or bears? How about a giant moth with a wingspan that can reach up to 10 inches? Now, that’s a whole different story. Officials in Washington state are urging people to ...

Malaysia is seeing an invasion of giant, friendly moths, putting it in the running for most moths against the moth-y cities of Singapore. The BBC reported today that thousands of the giant creatures ...

Hokkaido gypsy moths are exotic pests that can do "widespread damage." Large infestations of Asian gypsy moths can completely defoliate trees. We have had gypsy moths here in the Eastern U.S. since ...